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Treatment With the Specific Carbohydrate Diet for Children With Active Crohns Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Specific Carbohydrate diet (SCD) for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Completed, enrolled 9 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The aim of this study is to determine the tolerability and potential efficacy of dietary therapy, the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD), in pediatric patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC). This is a single center, open labelled study designed to determine tolerability, preliminary safety and potential efficacy in pediatric patients with CD and UC. The study patients will be recruited from Seattle Children's GI clinic. the investigators will enroll 10 patients with mild to moderate CD (defined as PCDAI score of 10-29) or Ulcerative colitis (PUCAI 10-60) ages 8 to 21 years. Each patient will be in the study for approximately 12 weeks.