CompletedNot Applicable

Randomized Multicentric Trial to Evaluate a Free Diet With a Progressive Diet in the Treatment of Acute Diverticulitis (DIVERDIET)

Spain134 participantsStarted 2018-04-16

Plain-language summary

Phase III trial is designed to demonstrate the non-inferiority of a free diet versus a progressive diet in the treatment of acute diverticulitis (AD) without complications. In this study, the effectiveness of the short-term free diet is evaluated, as well as its safety and the quality of life that is perceived in front of the progressive diet.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of uncomplicated acute diverticulitis * Adequate oral tolerance * Good response to the first emergency treatment measures (analgesics and antibiotic therapy): improvement of pain and decrease in temperature. * Willing to continue treatment at home under supervision. * Accept sign informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Acute complicated diverticulitis (from grade Ib of the modified Hinchey Classification). * No good response to the first emergency treatment measures (analgesics and antibiotics): maintenance or increase of abdominal pain, persistence of fever, oral intolerance or vomiting, clinical worsening. * Antibiotic treatment for diverticulitis in the previous month. * Suspicion of colorectal cancer. * Pregnant. * Refuses to sign informed consent.

What they're measuring

Success in the treatment

Timeframe: 30 days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03496090

SponsorHospital General Universitario Reina Sofía de Murcia

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2019-01-31

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