Gluten Sensor Device to Promote Gluten Free Diet Adherence and Quality of Life in Patients With Celiac Disease

Study Purpose

The current treatment for celiac disease is a strict 100% gluten free diet. Little is known about the best way to promote adherence to such a strict diet and how to maximize quality of life at the same time. This pilot will look at the utility of a new innovation to promote gluten free diet adherence

  • - a portable gluten sensor device.
Participants will be 30 teenagers and adults with celiac disease recruited from the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University in New York City. Before and after the intervention, participants will be asked about their adherence to a gluten free diet, quality of life, symptoms, and feelings of anxiety, and depression. This pilot data will help to inform interventions that the investigators hope to test in a larger NIH-funded trial to better understand the best ways to promote adherence and quality of life in celiac patients.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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No
Study Type

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Interventional
Eligible Ages 13 Years - 65 Years
Gender All
More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • - Individuals >13 years old (15 teenagers and 15 adults), 30 in total with duodenal biopsy-confirmed diagnosis of celiac disease will be recruited to participate.
  • - As we are testing a gluten sensor device, we require that participants are 13 years or older as they will need to be able to operate the gluten sensor device independently

    Exclusion Criteria:

    - No participants will be excluded based on gender, race or ethnicity.
  • - Patients diagnosed with celiac disease without a duodenal biopsy.

Trial Details

Trial ID:

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NCT03321214
Phase

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N/A
Lead Sponsor

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Columbia University
Principal Investigator

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Benjamin Lebwohl, MD,MS
Principal Investigator Affiliation Columbia University
Agency Class

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Other
Overall Status Not yet recruiting
Countries United States
Conditions

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Celiac Disease
Study Website: View Trial Website
Additional Details

Little is known about the best ways to promote a strict gluten-free diet while maximizing quality of life in teenagers and adults with celiac disease. The aim of the proposed pilot is to assess the acceptability and feasibility of a novel intervention

  • - a portable gluten sensor device.
The sample for this pilot will be 30 teenagers and adults with biopsy confirmed celiac disease recruited from the Celiac Center at Columbia University in New York City. Thirty participants will pilot test a portable gluten sensor device with its associated iPhone app for 3 months. At baseline and three-month follow-up, participants will complete measures of gluten free diet adherence, quality of life,symptoms, anxiety, and depression. At post-only, the investigators will collect in-depth data related to the feasibility and acceptability of the gluten sensor, as well as facilitators and barriers related to how, where, and when it was used. At the completion of the proposed pilot study, the investigators hope to have preliminary data to inform development of gluten sensor interventions that the investigators hope to test in a larger NIH-funded randomized controlled trial. These findings, in combination with a larger trial, have the potential for the development of a new standard of care in the management of patients with celiac disease.

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New York, New York

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University

New York, New York, 10032

Site Contact

Benjamin Lebwohl, MD,MS

bl114@cumc.columbia.edu

212-305-5590

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