Development of Workshop for Lifestyle Changing for Crohn's Disease Patients and Its Affect on the Disease's Indexes

This study is not yet open for participant recruitment.

Verified by Hadassah Medical Organization, September 2006

Sponsored by:	Hadassah Medical Organization
Information provided by:	Hadassah Medical Organization
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00376649

Purpose

Subjects that participate in the practical workshop will improve their quality of life and will stay longer in remmision , in compare to the participants that will continue their regular threatment

Condition	Intervention
Crohn's Disease	Behavioral: lifestyle changing workshop

Genetics Home Reference related topics: Crohn disease

MedlinePlus related topics: Crohn's Disease

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Development of Workshop for Lifestyle Changing for Crohn's Disease Patients and Its Affect on the Disease's Indexes

Further study details as provided by Hadassah Medical Organization:

Estimated Enrollment:	100
Study Start Date:	January 2007
Estimated Study Completion Date:	December 2009

Detailed Description:

Participants will be randomly assigned to a regular threatment (control group) or to a lifestyle changing workshop. The workshop will consist of 11 meetings with behavioral lessons in nutrition, cooking, stress realese and physical activity. The study population will include 100 crohn's disease patients in remmision that will be recruited and will be randomly divided into two groups: an intervention group of 50 will commence the workshop during 2007 and a control group of 50 who will continue their regular threatment. an IBDQ , CDAI and blood samples for metabolic index will be taken from the participant in the staudy before entering the study and every half a year for three years.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

over 18 years of age
diagnosed with CD
Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) of under 170
a minimum of 75% of the meetings

Exclusion Criteria:

patients with a stoma
and patients with a planned admission to the hospital for surgery or other treatment.

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00376649

Contacts

Contact: Rifat Safadi, MD

972-2-6777377

safadi@hadassah.org.il

Locations

Israel
Hadassah Medical Organization
jerusalem, Israel

Sponsors and Collaborators

Hadassah Medical Organization

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Rifat safadi, md

hadassah univercity hospital

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	16-031106-HMO-CTIL
Study First Received:	September 14, 2006
Last Updated:	September 14, 2006
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00376649
Health Authority:	Israel: The Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research and Health Services Research

Keywords provided by Hadassah Medical Organization:

crohns
quality of life
lifestyle changing
remmision

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Digestive System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Crohn Disease
Quality of Life

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Gastroenteritis
Intestinal Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 15, 2009