60
Participants
Start Date
June 30, 2014
Primary Completion Date
October 31, 2016
Study Completion Date
November 30, 2016
Eicosapentaenoic acid
30 subject with Crohn's Disease and/or Ulcerative Colitis in clinical remission but with fecal calprotectin value \>150 μg/g will recive 2 g/day of Eicosapentaenoic acid for 6 months treatment. At 3 months and 6 months, fecal calprotectin and clinical activity (CDAI for Crohn's Disease and SCCAI for Ulcerative Colitis) will be measured. The effect of Eicosapentaenoic acid on fecal calprotectin level will be monitored. Clinical relapses will be considered during the study.
Medium chain fatty acid (placebo)
30 subject with Crohn's Disease and/or Ulcerative Colitis in clinical remission but with fecal calprotectin value \>150 μg/g will recive 2 g/day of medium chain fatty acids for 6 months treatment. At 3 months and 6 months, fecal calprotectin and clinical activity (CDAI for Crohn's Disease and SCCAI for Ulcerative Colitis) will be measured.
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico Sant'Orsola Malpighi, Bologna
IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
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