Telomeres Parameters in Celiac Disease

Clalit Health Services

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Celiac Disease

Treatments: Procedure: take blood samples

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02126033

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Celiac disease is an autoimmune process that causes destructive changes in the epithel of the small bowel and it is also a pre-malignant state (e.g lymphoma). The aim of the study is to examine telomere length and other parameters of genetic instability from peripheral blood lymphocytes of patients with celiac disease compared with healthy controls.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with celiac disease

Exclusion criteria

• known malignancy
• cannot sign informed consent
• under age 18

Trial design

40 participants in 1 patient group

celiac disease

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: take blood samples