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Efficacy of a Gluten-free Diet for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia

NCT01881360 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 81

Last updated 2014-12-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Fibromyalgia patients frequently suffer from symptoms similar to those of adult celiac disease, raising the possibility that some fibromyalgia patients experience oligosymptomatic celiac disease or non-celiac gluten intolerance. The objective of this study is to compare the effect of a gluten-free diet with a hypocaloric diet in patients with fibromyalgia and celiac-type symptoms.

Conditions

  • Fibromyalgia

Interventions

OTHER

Gluten-free diet

A diet that is free of the gluten component

OTHER

Hypocaloric diet

A standard hypocaloric diet with a daily 1500 caloric intake.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidad de Granada

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elena P. Calandre, M.D. · Universidad de Granada

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2014-10-31
Completion
2014-10-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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