Efficacy of the DOMINO Diet App in IBS (EDDI)

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Dietary intervention: low FODMAP diet; Other: Dietary intervention: DOMINO app

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05808036

S67508

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate whether the DOMINO diet application is an effective tool in the treatment of Irritable bowel syndrome in tertiary care. Furthermore, this study aims to determine the response rate of the strict low FODMAP diet in non-responders to the DOMINO diet.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Voluntary written informed consent of the participant or their legally authorized representative has been obtained prior to any screening procedures
2. Use of highly effective methods of birth control; defined as those that, alone or in combination, result in low failure rate (i.e., less than 1% per year) when used consistently and correctly; such as implants, injectables, combined oral contraceptives, some IUDs, true sexual abstinence (i.e. refraining from heterosexual intercourse during the entire period of risk associated with the Trial treatment(s)) or commitment to a vasectomised partner.
3. Patients with irritable bowel syndrome according to Rome IV diagnostic criteria
4. Patients ages between 18 and 70 years old

Exclusion criteria

1. Participant has a history of any major psychiatric disorders (including those with a major psychosomatic element to their gastrointestinal disease), depression, alcohol or substance abuse in the last 2 years
2. Any disorder, which in the Investigator's opinion might jeopardise the participant's safety or compliance with the protocol
3. Any prior or concomitant treatment(s) that might jeopardise the participant's safety or that would compromise the integrity of the Trial
4. Female who is pregnant, breast-feeding or intends to become pregnant or is of child-bearing potential and not using an adequate, highly effective contraceptive
5. Participation in an interventional Trial with an investigational medicinal product (IMP) or device
6. Patients presenting with predominant symptoms of functional dyspepsia (FD) and of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
7. Patients following a diet interfering with the study diet in opinion of the investigator
8. Patients who already followed the low FODMAP diet under guidance of a trained dietitian without success

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

DOMINO app - DOMINO app

Other group

Description:

The patients start with the DOMINO diet (8 weeks). Patients that experienced symptom improvement, will continue with the DOMINO diet (6 weeks).

Treatment:

Other: Dietary intervention: DOMINO app

DOMINO app - low FODMAP diet

Active Comparator group

Description:

The patients start with the DOMINO diet (8 weeks). Patients that experienced no symptom improvement, will switch to the strict low FODMAP diet (6 weeks).

Treatment:

Other: Dietary intervention: DOMINO app

Other: Dietary intervention: low FODMAP diet