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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03563300
Date of registration: 24/05/2018
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of Palermo
Public title: Gluten-related Disorders in Familial Mediterranean Fever Patients
Scientific title: Gluten-related Disorders in Patients Affected With Familial Mediterranean Fever
Date of first enrolment: September 1, 2018
Target sample size: 8
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03563300
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Diagnostic. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Italy
Contacts
Name:     Antonio Carroccio, PhD
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Affiliation:  University of Palermo
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Adult patients, both genders, with age between 18-65 years, affected with FMF,
diagnosed according to clinical criteria designed by Livneh et al ("Tel-Hashomer"
criteria), self-reporting a relationship between their symptoms (especially
gastrointestinal) and gluten assumption, improving on a gluten-free diet and worsen on
a gluten containing diet

- Patients testing negative for celiac disease (anti-tTG and EMA negative, and with
biopsy Marsh 0-1) and wheat allergy (serum specific IgE for wheat negative)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Subjects diagnosed with celiac disease (positive anti-tTG and/or EMA, and positive
histology, with Marsh 2 or above);

- Subjects diagnosed with wheat allergy (positive serum specific IgE for wheat)

- Subjects with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis)

- Subjects with Helicobacter pylori infection and other gastrointestinal infection

- Pregnancy



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Not-celiac Wheat Sensitivity (NCWS)
Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF)
Intervention(s)
Other: Placebo Comparator
Other: Wheat flour
Primary Outcome(s)
Fibromyalgia symptoms evaluation [Time Frame: Change from baseline at 1 week]
Gastrointestinal symptoms evaluation [Time Frame: Change from baseline at 1 week]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Cytokines production [Time Frame: Change from baseline at 1 week]
Leukocytes cell surface antigens expression [Time Frame: Change from baseline at 1 week]
Secondary ID(s)
ACPM21
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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