Trials / Recruiting
RecruitingNCT06886477
Sickle Cell, Pain and Mediterranean Diet
Exploring the Mediterranean Diet as A Promising Approach for Alleviating Chronic Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Chicago · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The goal of this study is to compare pain levels in individuals with Sickle Cell Disease while following the Mediterranean Diet to pain levels while following their usual diet.
Detailed description
This is an exploratory, randomized, crossover-controlled feeding study of a 4-week Mediterranean Diet or usual diet control among 24 adults with sickle cell disease and chronic pain (30 will be recruited, with an estimated 24 participants completing the study).
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Mediterranean Diet | Mediterranean Diet foods will be provided for 4 weeks. |
| OTHER | Usual Diet | Participants will consume their typical at home-diet. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2025-05-01
- Primary completion
- 2026-06-30
- Completion
- 2026-12-31
- First posted
- 2025-03-20
- Last updated
- 2026-04-02
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06886477. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.