Celiac Disease Clinical Trials

I am sure at least half of the people reading this article have heard of celiac disease. But for those of you who don’t know what celiac disease is, it is a disease where the small intestines have an extreme sensitivity to the protein called gluten. Gluten is in wheat, barley, and rye. Gluten is also found in other food/body products that contain either wheat, barley, or rye. Even now, the only treatment for celiac disease is a gluten-free lifestyle. 

Gluten-Free Lifestyle

Now, when I say lifestyle, I am talking about eliminating gluten from your diet, your skin care routines, and medicines. Most of the time, this treatment is successful with controlling the symptoms of celiac disease. The only point to be cautious of with this treatment, is that you really have to be careful with everything you eat, how you handle and prepare your food, and hidden gluten in all of your products. 

A Rise in Celiac Disease

During recent years, we have seen a rise in the number of Americans who have developed celiac disease. Today, approximately 1 in 133 Americans have celiac disease. Out of those Americans that have celiac disease, about 83% of them are undiagnosed. This is a huge problem because those Americans are not treating their celiac disease. 

Ongoing Clinical Trials

There are ongoing clinical trials to research celiac disease, how someone can develop it, how gluten affects celiac disease, how to better diagnose celiac disease, how to develop medication that could treat it, and many more. Clinical trials are always experimental and they would require a lot of dedication from the patient participating in the trial. 

Participating in Clinical Trials

If you would like to participate in a clinical trial, you might have to include gluten in your diet for a period of time. Then following, go through various types of tests to either diagnose celiac disease, learn more about the effects of gluten, or be able to administer a new treatment to see if it works in the presence of gluten. The clinical trials could vary in time length and the scope of information gathered. During most clinical trials, the company conducting the clinical trial will often cover any travel charges you incur. 

Let Me Know

If you have an interest in clinical trials for celiac disease, you can visit https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ to look for one that interests you. Comment below with any questions that you might have on clinical trials.