NCT05396651

Effect of Low Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides ,Monosaccharides and Polyols (FODMAP) Diet on Control of Pediatric Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Quality of Life

Effect of Low Fodmap Diet on Control of Pediatric Irritable Bowel Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Sarah Abdelrahman El Ezaby · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years – 15 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To evaluate the impact of low FODMAP diet on Health related Quality of life in children with Irritable bowel syndrome according to ROME IV criteria in a group of patients in pediatric Hospital at Ain Shams University

Detailed description

Single blinded randomized two-arm intervention study in which 42 patients with irritable bowel syndrome were enrolled to study the effect of LOW FODMAP diet ( intervention group) on their gastrointestinal symptoms and their quality of life another group of 42 patients of IBS were enrolled as a control group who were received general diet instructions and they followed the NICE guide lines for IBS management

Conditions

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	low fodmap diet	elimination of high fodmap diet - High FODMAP diet: ice cream, soft cheese , yoghurt, cabbage , cauliflower, green bean, garlic, okra, onions, snow peas, broccoli, avocado , apple, mango , dates, watermelon, legumes , pulses, wheat , pasta , artificial sweeteners
OTHER	NICE guidelines for IBS	follow NICE guidelines for IBS :have regular meals and take time to eat. avoid missing meals or leaving long gaps between eating. drink at least 8 cups of fluid per day, especially water or other non-caffeinated drinks, for example herbal teas. restrict tea and coffee to 3 cups per day. reduce intake of alcohol and fizzy drinks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-02
• Primary completion: 2021-06-13
• Completion: 2022-01-30
• First posted: 2022-05-31
• Last updated: 2022-06-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt