GF-NOURISH: Improving Gluten-Free Diets for Children with Celiac Disease
The GF-NOURISH study is looking at new ways to teach children with celiac disease (an autoimmune condition where eating gluten damages the small intestine) and their families about eating gluten-free. This study wants to see if a special education program, focused on natural gluten-free foods and reducing highly processed gluten-free options, can lead to better health. Currently, children with celiac disease often eat a lot of rice-based gluten-free foods, which can increase arsenic levels in their bodies. This study will compare two different gluten-free diet education programs. Researchers will measure changes in body composition, specifically fat-free mass, over six months to see which education method is more effective. Children aged 2 to 18 years old who have been recently diagnosed with celiac disease can join this study. About 120 children are expected to participate.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study where two groups will receive different gluten-free diet education. The study aims to enroll 120 participants.
- What's involved
- Not specified in the trial record.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for at least 6 months to measure changes in body composition.
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GF-NOURISH (Gluten Free Nutrition Optimization Through Ultra-processed Food Reduction and Improved Strategies for Health)
At a glance
Conditions
NCT06356220
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusettsstudy coordinator listed
Recruiting
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
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What this trial measures
- To compare the effect of GFFG versus conventional GFD class on body composition, specifically fat free massOver 6 months
While the gold standard measurement for body composition is dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) or underwater weighing and air displacement plethysmography (BodPod), these techniques require special facilities that increase cost, are difficult to perform in outpatient settings. DEXA scans also involve radiation exposure. Therefore, the investigators will use bio-impedance spectroscopy analysis (BSA), which is a simple, noninvasive, reproducible, portable and convenient method to measure body composition.26 BSA utilizes body resistance and reactance to derive phase angle (PhA) and estimate the fat (FM) and non-fat (FFM) components of the body