Ketogenic and Carnivore (Lion) Diets for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis

NCT ID
NCT07524244
Registry status
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Sponsor
Fuller Research Foundation
Conditions
Crohn's Disease (CD), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Ulcerative Colitis (UC)

Overview

ClinicalTrials.gov lists this study as Recruiting.

Official title: Effectiveness and Efficacy of a Ketogenic or Carnivore (Lion) Diet for Quality Life and Symptom Burden in Individuals With Symptomatic Inflammatory Bowel Disease or Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Enrollment: 160 participants (Estimated).

What is being studied

  • Behavioral: Carnivore (Lion) Diet
  • Intervention: Diet
  • Intervention: Diet Therapy
  • Intervention: Diet, Carbohydrate-Restricted
  • Intervention: Diet, Food, and Nutrition
  • Intervention: Diet, Ketogenic
  • Behavioral: Ketogenic diet
  • Intervention: Nutrition Therapy
  • Intervention: Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Intervention: Physiological Phenomena
  • Intervention: Therapeutics

Who may be eligible

Ages
18 Years to 64 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers accepted
No

ClinicalTrials.gov lists the following eligibility criteria.

Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with medically verifiable IBD or medically verifiable RA * Current personal residence in the continental U.S. * Willingness and ability to follow dietary protocols Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to provide consent * Individuals with Type 1 or Type II Diabetes on prescription medications including insulin * Outside of the age or BMI criteria * No medically definitive or verifiable diagnosis of IBD or RA * History of strictures or fistula (IBD) * History of blood transfusion in the previous 6 months * Pregnancy * 6 months Postpartum * Breastfeeding * On other medications outside of FDA approved medications * Current initiation of disease modifying or biologic medication within the past 2 months * Unable to complete, for any reason, the initial 3-week run-in period prior to the beginning of the formal study intervention * Non-English Speaking * Organ failure of any kind including heart, liver and kidney failure or disease * History of malignancy within the last year prior to enrollment * Red meat allergy, alpha-gal allergy

Study locations

1 study location is listed.

Recruiting site status is explicitly provided for 1 location; 1 is listed as Recruiting.

Countries: United States

  • Virginia, United States: 1

Sample of listed locations

  • Resilient Roots: Functional Medicine — Charlottesville, Virginia, 22901, United States — Recruiting

Study details

Start date
February 17, 2026
Primary completion date
September 1, 2027
Completion date
September 1, 2027
First posted
April 13, 2026
Collaborators
Resilient Roots: Functional Medicine

Source and update information

Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
NCT ID
NCT07524244
Registry last updated
April 16, 2026
QualifiedStudies registry data refreshed
October 2, 2026
QualifiedStudies record fetched
October 2, 2026

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