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Effects of Ancient Grains-based Diet in a Closed Community

NCT03020511 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2017-07-12

No results posted yet for this study

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 celiac disease 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. It is also believed that this condition is worldwide increasing, due to the evolution of wheat breeding (i.e. consumption of wheats with high gluten content), and that "ancient" wheat flour varieties are better tolerated by NCWS patients than the "modern" ones. This effect could be related to a lower immunogenic stimulation of the ancient wheat than the modern ones. The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of a diet based on ancient grains in a "closed" community (i.e. nuns from enclosed religious order) as regard to 1) main haematochemical parameters and vitamins, 2) intestinal microbiota (bacterial flora), and 3) cytokines production from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), before and after the diet period (30 days) with ancient grains.

Conditions

  • Gluten Sensitivity

Interventions

OTHER

Ancient wheat flours

Ancient wheat flours will be administered in open label for 30 days

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Palermo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Antonio Carroccio, PhD · University of Palermo

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-03-31
Completion
2017-06-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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