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Abdominal Ultrasound Examination in Non-celiac Wheat Sensitivity

NCT03017274 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2017-01-11

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Summary

Recently it has been reported that a consistent percentage of the general population consider themselves to be suffering from problems caused by wheat and/or gluten ingestion, even though they do not have CD or wheat allergy. This clinical condition has been named Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity' (NCGS). In a previous paper the investigators suggested the term 'Non-Celiac Wheat Sensitivity' (NCWS), since it is not known what component of wheat causes the symptoms in NCGS patients, and the investigators also showed that these patients had a high frequency of coexistent multiple food hypersensitivity. The clinical picture of NCWS is characterized by combined gastrointestinal (bloating, abdominal pain, diarrhea and/or constipation, nausea, epigastric pain, gastroesophageal reflux, aphthous stomatitis) and extra-intestinal and/or systemic manifestations (headache, depression, anxiety, 'foggy mind,' tiredness, dermatitis or skin rash, fibromyalgia-like joint/muscle pain, leg or arm numbness, and anemia). Nowadays no data are available on the abdominal ultrasonographic features of NCWS patients. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to evaluate the abdominal ultrasonographic features of NCWS patients in comparison with patients affected with celiac disease.

Conditions

  • Non-celiac Wheat Sensitivity

Interventions

OTHER

Abdominal ultrasound examination

All subjects undergone abdominal ultrasonography at the Outpatient of Ultrasonography of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University Hospital of Palermo, Italy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Palermo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Antonio Carroccio, PhD · University of Palermo

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-01-31
Completion
2016-11-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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