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Specific Carbohydrate Diet as Maintenance Therapy in Crohn's Disease
This study investigates whether the specific carbohydrate diet (SCD) can maintain clinical remission in pediatric and adult patients with Crohn's disease.
Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial.
Stanford Investigator(s):
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult or pediatric patients presenting with a new diagnosis or flare of existing
Crohn's disease based on standard diagnostic criteria including: clinical symptoms,
laboratory parameters, disease activity indices (Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity
Index (PCDAI) for patients <19years and Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) for
patients >19years), pathology from upper endoscopy/colonoscopy and imaging studies.
Exclusion Criteria:)
- Pregnancy
- Other autoimmune conditions including celiac disease, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple
sclerosis
- Otherwise immunosuppressed patients including HIV and prior organ transplant
- Patients diagnosed with ulcerative colitis or indeterminate colitis
- Active tuberculosis
Ages Eligible for Study
N/A - 30 Years
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Not currently accepting new patients for this trial
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Ken Cox, MD
(650) 721-2250
Not Recruiting