Rheumatology Diet Study

Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Title of Study: Eating Habits and Symptom Severity in Autoimmune Diseases: A Patient Survey

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06339957
• Other study ID #: STUDY00006394
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: March 1, 2024
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: University of Central Florida
• Contact: Amoy Fraser, PhD, CCRP, PMP
• Phone: 407-266-8742
• Email: amoy.fraser[@]ucf.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to collect information on rheumatology patients' dietary habits, autoimmune disease activity, dietary changes, disease symptom improvements, and perceptions on their dietary habits and how it affects their autoimmune disease. The main objective is to see if rheumatology patients change their dietary habits after their diagnosis of an autoimmune disease and if it subjectively improved their disease symptoms. It will also look at rheumatology patients' expectations for their rheumatologist when it comes to dietary advice and what resources they used to choose their new dietary habits. The study also seeks to measure the interest that rheumatology patients have in pursuing dietary changes as a means of controlling the symptoms of their autoimmune disease. It is expected that patients who changed their eating habits to healthier diets such as a Mediterranean diet would report less severe autoimmune disease symptoms. There are limited dietary recommendations for the management of many rheumatological diseases, so this study seeks to assess rheumatology patients' willingness to try dietary modifications, what improvements they had, and why they decide to make these changes in light of limited information.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 500
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: July 1, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults (over 18 years old) patients
• established UCF Health patients
• diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, dermatomyositis/polymyositis, Sjogren's Syndrome, systemic lupus erythematous, scleroderma, osteoarthritis, or fibromyalgia.

Exclusion Criteria:

• UCF Students, Faculty or Staff
• Children or Young Adults Under the age of 18
• Adults over 65
• Pregnant Women
• Prisoners
• Adults to Unable to Consent

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Ankylosing Spondylitis
• Arthritis
• Arthritis, Psoriatic
• Autoimmune Diseases
• Collagen Diseases
• Dermatomyositis
• Diet Habit
• Fibromyalgia
• Polymyositis
• Psoriatic Arthritis
• Rheumatic Diseases
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Rheumatologic Disease
• Scleroderma
• Sjogren's Syndrome
• Spondylitis
• Spondylitis, Ankylosing
• Systemic Lupus Erythematous

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	UCF Health Clinics	Orlando	Florida

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Central Florida

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	To determine how diet habits and activity affects autoimmune diseases using the proper statistical tests for the data set such as t-test and ANOVA.		4 months
Secondary	To identify if rheumatology patients change their dietary habits after their diagnosis of an autoimmune disease and if it subjectively improved their disease symptoms.		4 months