Inoculating Celiac Disease Patients With the Human Hookworm Necator Americanus: Evaluating Immunity and Gluten-sensitivity

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00671138

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : May 5, 2008

Last Update Posted : February 2, 2016

Sponsor:

Collaborators:

The Broad Foundation

Townsville Hospital

James Cook University, Queensland, Australia

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Queensland Institute of Medical Research

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

A James M Daveson, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study

About Study Results Reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov

Recruitment Status :	Completed
Actual Primary Completion Date :	December 2008
Actual Study Completion Date :	September 2009

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Cantacessi C, Giacomin P, Croese J, Zakrzewski M, Sotillo J, McCann L, Nolan MJ, Mitreva M, Krause L, Loukas A. Impact of experimental hookworm infection on the human gut microbiota. J Infect Dis. 2014 Nov 1;210(9):1431-4. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu256. Epub 2014 May 3.

Daveson AJ, Jones DM, Gaze S, McSorley H, Clouston A, Pascoe A, Cooke S, Speare R, Macdonald GA, Anderson R, McCarthy JS, Loukas A, Croese J. Effect of hookworm infection on wheat challenge in celiac disease--a randomised double-blinded placebo controlled trial. PLoS One. 2011 Mar 8;6(3):e17366. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017366.

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