NCT06491836

Oligoantigenic Diet and Core Symptomatology of Children With Attention-Deficit /Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

The Effect of an Oligoantigenic Diet on Core Symptomatology of Children With Attention-Deficit /Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ain Shams University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Fifty patients who diagnosed as ADHD syndrome according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM 5) Criteria aged from 6 to 16 years old will be assigned randomly into 2 arms: arm 1: the patients will follow food regimen that cover recommended daily allowance (RDA) for macronutrients and micronutrients suitable for their ages without any food restriction, arm 2: the patients will follow food regimen that cover (RDA) for macronutrients and micronutrients suitable for their ages based on Oligoantigenic diet (OAD). Psychiatric assessment will be done before intervention and after 3 months of intervention.

Conditions

• Attention Deficit Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	oligoantigenic diet	Oligoantigenic diet that will cover recommended daily allowance (RDA) of macronutrients and micronutrients according patients' ages according to our available sources of food in our culture and the diet consists typically of meat (e.g. chicken and lamb), carbohydrate sources (e.g., potatoes and rice), fruits (e.g., bananas, pears and apples), vegetables (e.g., cucumbers, carrot, lettuce, cauliflower, turnips, cabbage and broccoli)
OTHER	Food regimen without food restrictions.	Food regimen that will cover recommended daily allowance (RDA) for macronutrients and micronutrients according patients' ages without any food restriction

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-09-01
• Primary completion: 2025-10-01
• Completion: 2025-11-15
• First posted: 2024-07-09
• Last updated: 2025-12-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt