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Dietary Supplement

Specific Carbohydrate Diet for Clostridium Difficile Infection (SCD_cDiff Trial)

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Led By David L Suskind, MD
Research Sponsored by David Suskind
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be younger than 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 12 weeks
Awards & highlights

SCD_cDiff Trial Summary

Specific Carbohydrate Diet for Clostridium Difficile

Eligible Conditions
  • Clostridium Difficile Infection
  • Diet Modification

SCD_cDiff Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~12 weeks
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 12 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Number of participants able to maintain the specific carbohydrate diet
Number of participants with negative C. difficile stool

SCD_cDiff Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Dietary therapy for C. difficile colonizationExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Dietary therapy intervention for this arm is the Specific Carbohydrate Diet.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Specific Carbohydrate Diet
2016
N/A
~10

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Who is running the clinical trial?

David SuskindLead Sponsor
2 Previous Clinical Trials
22 Total Patients Enrolled
Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryFED
9 Previous Clinical Trials
3,772 Total Patients Enrolled
David L Suskind, MDPrincipal InvestigatorSeattle Children's Hospital and The University of Washington
2 Previous Clinical Trials
27 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

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Recent research and studies
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & NutritionJournal
Nutritional Therapy in Pediatric Crohn Disease
Suskind, David L., Ghassan Wahbeh, Nila Gregory, Heather Vendettuoli, and Dennis Christie. 2014. “Nutritional Therapy in Pediatric Crohn Disease”. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). doi:10.1097/mpg.0000000000000103.
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Specific Carbohydrate Diet for Clostridium Difficile
David Suskind 2016. "Specific Carbohydrate Diet for Clostridium Difficile". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03925636.
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