Rheumatology Diet Study

NCT06339957 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: STUDY00006394
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 500
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aims to collect information on rheumatology patients' dietary habits, autoimmune disease activity, dietary changes, disease symptom improvements, and perceptions on their dietary habits and how it affects their autoimmune disease. The main objective is to see if rheumatology patients change their dietary habits after their diagnosis of an autoimmune disease and if it subjectively improved their disease symptoms. It will also look at rheumatology patients' expectations for their rheumatologist when it comes to dietary advice and what resources they used to choose their new dietary habits. The study also seeks to measure the interest that rheumatology patients have in pursuing dietary changes as a means of controlling the symptoms of their autoimmune disease. It is expected that patients who changed their eating habits to healthier diets such as a Mediterranean diet would report less severe autoimmune disease symptoms. There are limited dietary recommendations for the management of many rheumatological diseases, so this study seeks to assess rheumatology patients' willingness to try dietary modifications, what improvements they had, and why they decide to make these changes in light of limited information.

Conditions

Diet Habit; Rheumatologic Disease; Autoimmune Diseases; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Psoriatic Arthritis; Ankylosing Spondylitis; Dermatomyositis/polymyositis; Sjogren's Syndrome; Systemic Lupus Erythematous; Scleroderma; Fibromyalgia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• To determine how diet habits and activity affects autoimmune diseases using the proper statistical tests for the data set such as t-test and ANOVA.

  4 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• To identify if rheumatology patients change their dietary habits after their diagnosis of an autoimmune disease and if it subjectively improved their disease symptoms.

  4 months

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The participants are expected to come from the established rheumatology patient census at the UCF Health Clinics. The research team will identify potential participants via pre-screening the electronic medical records for the inclusion criteria.

You may qualify if:

• Adults (over 18 years old) patients
• established UCF Health patients
• diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, dermatomyositis/polymyositis, Sjogren's Syndrome, systemic lupus erythematous, scleroderma, osteoarthritis, or fibromyalgia.

You may not qualify if:

• UCF Students, Faculty or Staff
• Children or Young Adults Under the age of 18
• Adults over 65
• Pregnant Women
• Prisoners
• Adults to Unable to Consent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Central Florida: lead

Study Sites (1)

UCF Health Clinics

Orlando, Florida, 32827, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Feeding Behavior; Collagen Diseases; Autoimmune Diseases; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Arthritis, Psoriatic; Spondylitis, Ankylosing; Dermatomyositis; Sjogren's Syndrome; Scleroderma, Diffuse; Fibromyalgia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior, Animal; Behavior; Connective Tissue Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases; Immune System Diseases; Arthritis; Joint Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Rheumatic Diseases; Spondylarthropathies; Spondylarthritis; Spondylitis; Spinal Diseases; Bone Diseases; Psoriasis; Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous; Skin Diseases; Axial Spondyloarthritis; Ankylosis; Polymyositis; Myositis; Muscular Diseases; Neuromuscular Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Xerostomia; Salivary Gland Diseases; Mouth Diseases; Stomatognathic Diseases; Dry Eye Syndromes; Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases; Eye Diseases; Scleroderma, Systemic

Study Officials

• Neha Bhanusali, MD

  University of Central Florida

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Amoy Fraser, PhD, CCRP, PMP

CONTACT

407-266-8742; amoy.fraser@ucf.edu

Erica Martin, B.S.

CONTACT

407-266-8742; erica.martin@ucf.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 25, 2024
• First Posted: April 1, 2024
• Study Start: March 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2025
• Study Completion: July 1, 2025
• Last Updated: December 6, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)