Plain-English translation of NCT03615690 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗ · Source last updated · Translation generated · How we translate trials
This study doesn't follow the usual testing phases — it may be an observational study or a different type of research.
This trial is testing a fasting mimicking diet (FMD) — a specially designed eating plan that gives your body some of the benefits of fasting while still allowing you to eat food. The diet uses ingredients that are recognized as safe by the FDA. Researchers want to see if following this diet for three separate 5-day periods can reduce inflammation in your gut and improve your quality of life if you have mild to moderate ulcerative colitis.
Most people with ulcerative colitis don't have many diet-based treatment options to choose from. Scientists have published research showing that fasting mimicking diets may help reduce inflammation in the body, but this is one of the first studies to test whether this approach actually works for ulcerative colitis specifically.
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If you are chosen for this study, you will either follow the fasting mimicking diet or continue your regular diet as a comparison group. If you are in the diet group, you will complete three separate 5-day cycles of the special reduced-calorie meal plan. Throughout the study, researchers will check your inflammation markers (through blood tests) and ask about your symptoms and quality of life to see if the diet helps.
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