Treatment of Active Crohn's Disease With an Ordinary Food-based Diet That Replicates Exclusive Enteral Nutrition

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) is the only established dietary treatment for Crohn's disease (CD), but its acceptability is limited. There is a need for novel dietary treatments for CD.

METHODS: We evaluated the effects of an individualized food-based diet (CD-TREAT), with similar composition to EEN, on the gut microbiome, inflammation, and clinical response in a rat model, healthy adults, and children with relapsing CD. Twenty-five healthy adults randomly received EEN or CD-TREAT for 7 days, followed by a 14-day washout period, followed by the alternate diet. Fecal microbiome and metabolome were assessed before and after each diet. HLA-B7 and HLA-B27 transgenic rats with gut inflammation received EEN, CD-TREAT, or standard chow for 4 weeks. Fecal, luminal, and tissue microbiome, fecal metabolites, and gut inflammation were assessed. Five children with active CD activity received CD-TREAT and their clinical activity and calprotectin were evaluated after 8 weeks of treatment.

RESULTS: For healthy adults, CD-TREAT was easier to comply with and more acceptable than EEN. CD-TREAT induced similar effects to EEN (EEN vs CD-TREAT) on fecal microbiome composition, metabolome, mean total sulfide (increase 133.0 ± 80.5 vs 54.3 ± 47.0 nmol/g), pH (increase 1.3 ± 0.5 vs 0.9 ± 0.6), and the short-chain fatty acids (μmol/g) acetate (decrease 27.4 ± 22.6 vs 21.6 ± 20.4), propionate (decrease 5.7 ± 7.8 vs 5.2 ± 7.9), and butyrate (decrease 7.0 ± 7.4 vs 10.2 ± 8.5). In the rat model, CD-TREAT and EEN produced similar changes in bacterial load (decrease 0.3 ± 0.3 log10 16S rRNA gene copies per gram), short-chain fatty acids, microbiome, and ileitis severity (mean histopathology score decreases of 1.25 for EEN [P = .015] and 1.0 for CD-TREAT [P = .044] vs chow). In children receiving CD-TREAT, 4 (80%) had a clinical response and 3 (60%) entered remission, with significant concurrent decreases in fecal calprotectin (mean decrease 918 ± 555 mg/kg; P = .002).

CONCLUSION: CD-TREAT replicates EEN changes in the microbiome, decreases gut inflammation, is well tolerated, and is potentially effective in patients with active CD. ClinicalTrials.gov, numbers NCT02426567 and NCT03171246.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Gastroenterology. 2019 Oct;157(4):1160-1161. - PMID 31228437

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:156

Enthalten in:

Gastroenterology - 156(2019), 5 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 1354-1367.e6

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Svolos, Vaios [VerfasserIn]
Hansen, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Nichols, Ben [VerfasserIn]
Quince, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
Ijaz, Umer Z [VerfasserIn]
Papadopoulou, Rodanthi T [VerfasserIn]
Edwards, Christine A [VerfasserIn]
Watson, David [VerfasserIn]
Alghamdi, Adel [VerfasserIn]
Brejnrod, Asker [VerfasserIn]
Ansalone, Cecilia [VerfasserIn]
Duncan, Hazel [VerfasserIn]
Gervais, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Tayler, Rachel [VerfasserIn]
Salmond, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Bolognini, Daniele [VerfasserIn]
Klopfleisch, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Gaya, Daniel R [VerfasserIn]
Milling, Simon [VerfasserIn]
Russell, Richard K [VerfasserIn]
Gerasimidis, Konstantinos [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Carbohydrate
HLA-B27 Antigen
HLA-B7 Antigen
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Journal Article
Microbiota
Pediatric Trial
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 03.05.2019

Date Revised 29.01.2022

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02426567, NCT03171246

CommentIn: Gastroenterology. 2019 Oct;157(4):1160-1161. - PMID 31228437

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1053/j.gastro.2018.12.002

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM291807054