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Last refreshed on: 11 December 2023
Main ID:  NCT02201758
Date of registration: 18/07/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of Saskatchewan
Public title: Flaxseed Lignan-Enriched Complex (FLC) for the Treatment of Patients With Ulcerative Colitis (UC): A Pilot Assessment FLC&UC
Scientific title: Flaxseed Lignan-enriched Complex (FLC) for the Treatment of Patients With Mild to Moderately Severe Ulcerative Colitis (UC): A Pilot Assessment.
Date of first enrolment: December 2018
Target sample size: 0
Recruitment status: Withdrawn
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02201758
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Participant, Care Provider).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:     Sharyle Fowler, MD,FRCPS
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Affiliation:  University of Saskatchewan
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Female or male aged 18 years and above

2. Patients diagnosed with mild to moderately severe, left-sided or pan-colonic UC (Mayo
Score 3 - 10 points)

3. Baseline vitamin D status and clinically indicated laboratory investigations such as
CBC, liver enzymes and serologic inflammatory marker high sensitivity c-reactive
protein (hsCRP).

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients with the following conditions will be excluded:

- colectomy

- positive stool culture for common bacterial pathogens

- history of drug or alcohol abuse

- mental illness

- concomitant immunological

- hematologic or neoplastic disease

- hepatic insufficiency

- cardiac insufficiency

- pregnancy

- treatment with anti-tumor necrosis factor agents within 3 months

- local steroids in the preceding 30 days and antibiotics less than 15 days before
screening



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Ulcerative Colitis
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Flaxseed lignan-enriched complex (FLC)
Other: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Complete study period [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Proportion of clinical responders [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
Bio 14-128
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Royal University Hospital Foundation
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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