The gut microbiota is critical to health and functions with a level of complexity comparable to that of an organ system. Dysbiosis, or alterations of this gut microbiota ecology, have been implicated in a number of disease states. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), defined as infusion of feces from healthy donors to affected subjects, is a method to restore a balanced gut microbiota and has attracted great interest in recent years due to its efficacy and ease of use. FMT is now recommended as the most effective therapy for CDI not responding to standard therapies. Recent studies have suggested that dysbiosis is associated with...
This is a phase 2, single-center prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study in Type 1 diabetes and celiac disease subjects attempting a GFD for at least one year prior to screening.
This study is to characterize the safety and tolerability of an investigational drug called DONQ52 and consists of a single ascending dose part (Part A) and a multiple ascending dose part (Part B) in well-controlled celiac disease patients.
Investigator initiated, randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multi-centre primary intervention study to assess whether daily administration of B. infantis EVC001 from age 7 days to 6 weeks (+14 days) until age 12 months (+ 14 days) to children with elevated genetic risk for type 1 diabetes reduces the cumulative incidence of beta-cell autoantibodies in childhood.
The primary objectives are: - Characterize the T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire in duodenal biopsy samples of participants pre- and post-challenge. - Compare for each patient the TCR repertoire of duodenal biopsy samples with the peripheral blood TCR repertoire of each study participant - Characterize the transcriptome of duodenal biopsy samples and blood from study participants pre- and post-challenge The secondary objectives are: - Ex vivo identification and validation of DQ-restricted gliadin specific TCRs. - Characterize the gluten-challenge induced changes in small...
The investigators will see if the drug teriflunomide (which is in use in other immune disorder (multiple sclerosis)) can inhibit the immune activation in celiac disease patients during a 3 day gluten challenge. This will be measured in a blood sample.
Recent data suggest that the brain-gut axis, chronic intestinal inflammation and microbiome may contribute to the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases with alfa-synucleinopathy, which include Parkinson's disease (PD) and Multiple system atrophy (MSA). Environmental factors e.g. diets, microbiome, metabolites and immune mechanisms may play important role in pathogenesis of these diseases. In the human arm of this project, the investigators will address effects of an anti-inflammatory gluten-free diet (GFD) on motor and non-motor symptoms as well as its effects on immune and metabolomic characteristics in patients with PD and...
Non-celiac gluten/wheat sensitivity (NCGS/NCWS) is a syndrome characterized by both intestinal (irritable bowel syndrome [IBS]-like presentation) and extraintestinal symptoms (headache, migraine, "foggy mind", depression, anxiety, fibromyalgia, joint and muscle pain, leg or arm numbness, eczema or skin rash), which occur after the ingestion of gluten/wheat in subjects in which celiac disease (CD) and wheat allergy diagnosis has been previously excluded. NCGS/NCWS symptoms generally occur after the ingestion of gluten/wheat, disappear within a few days of a gluten-free diet (GFD) and quickly reappear when gluten/wheat is reintroduced....
The use of a home rapid test for the detection of gluten immunogenic peptides (GIP) in urine of treated adolescent patients with celiac disease (CD) could facilitate the adherence to the gluten-free diet (GFD) and contribute to symptoms control and quality of life improvement. This single centre, randomized, unblinded, controlled study consists of 4 run-in weeks period followed by 8-weeks study period in which patients will be randomized to intervention group (home urine GIP testing) or the control group (no home urine GIP testing). The 12-week study will involve surveys, home stool and urine collection, home urine GIP test performance,...
This is a decentralized study to primarily explore a novel objective digital biomarker (i.e., Gluten Dependency Index) for celiac disease-related responses triggered by gluten exposure using a wearable biosensor. This study also explores a novel objective blood biomarker specific to celiac disease activity and evaluates participant symptoms, lifestyle and an objective comprehensive measurement (e.g., activity, stress and sleep) in celiac disease participants. Approximately 170 well-controlled celiac disease participants (Cohort A) and 40 celiac disease participants with persistent symptoms (Cohort B) will be monitored for 13 and 8...
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