Kefir for symptoms in adults with celiac disease on a gluten-free diet
Tests kefir drinking for digestive symptoms in adults with celiac disease.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University Maribor
- Where
- Maribor, SloveniaSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Effects of Kefir on Celiac Disease
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 30 people, planned
- Started
- 30 Sept 2026
- Expected to end
- 29 Nov 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- kefir
- Record updated
- 20 August 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with celiac disease who follow a strict gluten-free diet. It tests whether drinking kefir daily eases gut symptoms and improves quality of life.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes can join
- Disease stage
- A confirmed diagnosis of celiac disease
- Earlier treatment
- People must be following a strict gluten-free diet.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Other long-term diseases of the gut
- Pregnancy
- Known allergy or intolerance to milk, dairy products or other parts of kefir
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Adults aged 18 years or older with a confirmed diagnosis of celiac disease
- Following a strict gluten-free diet
Who cannot take part
- Other chronic gastrointestinal diseases
- Known allergy or intolerance to milk or dairy products or other components of kefir
- Pregnancy
Where in Slovenia
- University of Maribor, Faculty of Health SciencesMaribor, SloveniaContact: SABINA FIJAN, PhDNot yet recruiting
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This study will investigate whether regular consumption of kefir can reduce gastrointestinal symptoms and improve quality of life in adults with celiac disease who follow a strict gluten-free diet. The study will use a randomized cross-over design in which participants will consume kefir during one study period and continue their usual diet without kefir during another period.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Kefir firstTreatment being tested
Participants randomized to this sequence will consume kefir daily for 4 weeks, followed by a 4-week washout period and then 4 weeks of their usual gluten-free diet without kefir.
Treatment: kefir
- No Kefir FirstTreatment being tested
Participants randomized to this sequence will follow their usual gluten-free diet without kefir for 4 weeks, followed by a 4-week washout period and then 4 weeks of daily kefir consumption.
Treatment: kefir
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Effects of Kefir Consumption on Celiac Disease Symptoms
- Plain-language title
- Kefir for symptoms in adults with celiac disease on a gluten-free dietGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 20 August 2026