Lomer MCE, Grainger SL, Ede R, Catterall AP, Greenfield SM, Cowan RE, Vicary FR, Jenkins AP, Fidler H, Harvey RS, Ellis R, McNair A, Ainley CC, Thompson RPH, Powell JJ. Lack of efficacy of a reduced microparticle diet in a multi-centred trial of patients with active Crohn's disease.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2005;
17:377-84. [PMID:
15716665 DOI:
10.1097/00042737-200503000-00019]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS
Dietary microparticles, which are bacteria-sized and non-biological, found in the modern Western diet, have been implicated in both the aetiology and pathogenesis of Crohn's disease. Following on from the findings of a previous pilot study, we aimed to confirm whether a reduction in the amount of dietary microparticles facilitates induction of remission in patients with active Crohn's disease, in a single-blind, randomized, multi-centre, placebo controlled trial.
METHODS
Eighty-three patients with active Crohn's disease were randomly allocated in a 2 x 2 factorial design to a diet low or normal in microparticles and/or calcium for 16 weeks. All patients received a reducing dose of prednisolone for 6 weeks. Outcome measures were Crohn's disease activity index, Van Hees index, quality of life and a series of objective measures of inflammation including erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, intestinal permeability and faecal calprotectin. After 16 weeks patients returned to their normal diet and were followed up for a further 36 weeks.
RESULTS
Dietary manipulation provided no added effect to corticosteroid treatment on any of the outcome measures during the dietary trial (16 weeks) or follow-up (to 1 year); e.g., for logistic regression of Crohn's disease activity index based rates of remission (P=0.1) and clinical response (P=0.8), in normal versus low microparticle groups.
CONCLUSIONS
Our adequately powered and carefully controlled dietary trial found no evidence that reducing microparticle intake aids remission in active Crohn's disease.
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