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Abordagens dietéticas para tratar o estudo da fadiga relacionada à esclerose múltipla (Waves)

15 de setembro de 2026 atualizado por: Terry L. Wahls

The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of the Swank Diet (low saturated fat) and the Wahls Elimination Diet (modified paleo) on fatigue levels in individuals with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis who have documented fatigue. Participants will follow their usual diet for 12 weeks and then be randomly assigned to follow one of the two diets for 24 weeks.

Visão geral do estudo

Descrição detalhada

The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of the Swank Diet (low saturated fat) and the Wahls Elimination Diet (modified paleo) on fatigue levels in individuals with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis who have documented fatigue. Participants will follow their usual diet for 12 weeks and then be randomly assigned to follow one of the two diets for 24 weeks. Individuals will continue with their current treatments in addition to following the study diet.

The study requires four visits to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. Visits will be 12 weeks apart. Study activities include fasting blood draws, weighed food records, motor and cognitive testing, physical activity assessment, questionnaires, and daily diet checklists while following the study diet. Some reimbursement available.

Tipo de estudo

Intervencional

Inscrição (Real)

95

Estágio

  • Não aplicável

Contactos e Locais

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Locais de estudo

    • Iowa
      • Iowa City, Iowa, Estados Unidos, 52242
        • University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Critérios de participação

Os pesquisadores procuram pessoas que se encaixem em uma determinada descrição, chamada de critérios de elegibilidade. Alguns exemplos desses critérios são a condição geral de saúde de uma pessoa ou tratamentos anteriores.

Critérios de elegibilidade

Idades elegíveis para estudo

18 anos a 70 anos (Adulto, Adulto mais velho)

Aceita Voluntários Saudáveis

Não

Gêneros Elegíveis para o Estudo

Tudo

Descrição

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Willing to allow your neurologist to sign a letter confirming multiple sclerosis diagnosis and criteria used in diagnosis
  • Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis as documented by the McDonald Criteria confirmed by their treating neurologist
  • Fatigue as documented by a Fatigue Severity Scale score of greater than or equal to 4
  • Between the ages of 18 and 70
  • Body Mass Index greater than or equal to 19
  • Ability to shop for and prepare or have someone in the family shop for and prepare home cooked meals according to study diet guidelines
  • Willingness to keep detailed food records
  • Willing to eat a diet that includes more vegetables and excludes many comfort foods such as those made with white flour,
  • Willing to eat a diet that eliminates red meat (beef, pork, lamb, veal) and saturated fats (butter, coconut oil, margarine, hydrogenated oils found in processed foods) to 1 tablespoon per day
  • Must not be pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next year
  • Willing to eat meat (eg, chicken, turkey, fish)
  • Willingness to follow either the Wahls Elimination diet or the Swank diet
  • Individuals who have had gastric bypass surgery have obtained a signed statement from their physician indicating they are weight stable and a suitable candidate for this study
  • Normal or mild cognitive impairment as measured by the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire
  • Willing to have blood drawn
  • Be able to walk 25 feet without support, or with only unilateral support (i.e. cane in one hand)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Taking insulin or Coumadin
  • Relapse within past 12 weeks
  • Treatment for a cancer (other than skin cancer) currently or in the prior 12 months
  • Diagnosis of heart failure, liver cirrhosis, angina, history of kidney stones, psychiatric disease likely to make adherence to the study interventions more difficult including eating disorders, but excluding depression and anxiety
  • Body Mass Index less than 19
  • Moderate to severe mental impairment as measured by the Short Portable Mental Status questionnaire
  • Inability to shop for and prepare home cooked meals by the subject or a companion
  • Unwillingness to eat meat
  • Participation in another research study that involves multiple sclerosis or other medications, diet, supplement, exercise or other treatments
  • Inability to keep food records with sufficient detail to asses dietary intake or complete study questionnaires
  • Unwilling to have blood drawn
  • Pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next year

Plano de estudo

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Como o estudo é projetado?

Detalhes do projeto

  • Finalidade Principal: Tratamento
  • Alocação: Randomizado
  • Modelo Intervencional: Atribuição Paralela

Armas e Intervenções

Grupo de Participantes / Braço
Intervenção / Tratamento
Experimental: Swank Diet

Individuals randomized to this arm will follow a low saturated fat diet starting at week 12.

A Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) skilled in motivational interviewing will provide nutrition counseling to study participants to assist them in following the Swank Diet at home. An in-person counseling session will occur at study visits 2 and 3. Five telephone counseling calls will occur between visits 2 and 3. The study participant may contact the RDN with questions at any time during the intervention.

Experimental: Wahls Elimination Diet

Individuals randomized to this arm will follow a modified paleolithic diet that eliminates all grains, dairy, eggs, legumes, and nightshade vegetables/spices starting at week 12.

A Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) skilled in motivational interviewing will provide nutrition counseling using to study participants to assist them in following the Wahls Elimination Diet at home. An in-person counseling session will occur at study visits 2 and 3. Five telephone counseling calls will occur between visits 2 and 3. The study participant may contact the RDN with questions at any time during the intervention.

O que o estudo está medindo?

Medidas de resultados primários

Medida de resultado
Descrição da medida
Prazo
Change in participant perceived fatigue severity
Prazo: 12-24 weeks

Participant questionnaire asking about fatigue: Fatigue Severity Scale score - a 9-questions scale ranging from 1 (complete disagreement with the question) to 7 (complete agreement with the questions)

12-24 weeks
Change in participant perceived fatigue severity
Prazo: 12-36 weeks

Participant questionnaire asking about fatigue: Fatigue Severity Scale score - a 9-questions scale ranging from 1 (complete disagreement with the question) to 7 (complete agreement with the questions)

12-36 weeks
Change in the impact of fatigue on daily life
Prazo: 12-24 weeks

Modified Fatigue Impact Scale score: Participant questionnaire asking about impact of fatigue impact daily life: Modified Fatigue Impact Scale score. This instrument provides an assessment of the effects of fatigue in terms of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial functioning. The MFIS consists of 21 items. Scoring is based upon a sum of the responses. Total score ranges from 0 to 84.

12-24 weeks
Change in the impact of fatigue on daily life
Prazo: 12-36 weeks

Modified Fatigue Impact Scale score: Participant questionnaire asking about impact of fatigue impact daily life: Modified Fatigue Impact Scale score. This instrument provides an assessment of the effects of fatigue in terms of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial functioning. The MFIS consists of 21 items. Scoring is based upon a sum of the responses. Total score ranges from 0 to 84.

12-36 weeks

Medidas de resultados secundários

Medida de resultado
Descrição da medida
Prazo
Change in participant walk speed
Prazo: 12-24 weeks

6 Minute Walk Test

12-24 weeks
Change in participant walk speed
Prazo: 12-36 weeks

6 Minute Walk Test

12-36 weeks
Change in gait (walk)
Prazo: 12-24 weeks

25 foot Walk Test

12-24 weeks
Change in gait (walk)
Prazo: 12-36 weeks

25 foot Walk Test

12-36 weeks
Change in fine motor function
Prazo: 12-24 weeks

Pegboard test

12-24 weeks
Change in fine motor function
Prazo: 12-36 weeks

Pegboard test

12-36 weeks
Change in nutrient intake based on the recommended daily allowance (RDA)
Prazo: 12-24 weeks

Nutrient intake calculated from 3-day weighed food records and Food Frequency Questionnaire and Participant blood measurements of insulin, glucose, hemoglobin A1C, Vitamin K, homocysteine, lipids, fatty acid profile and vitamin D.

12-24 weeks
Change in nutrient intake based on the recommended daily allowance (RDA)
Prazo: 12-36 weeks

Nutrient intake calculated from 3-day weighed food records and Food Frequency Questionnaire and Participant blood measurements of insulin, glucose, hemoglobin A1C, Vitamin K, homocysteine, lipids, fatty acid profile and vitamin D.

12-36 weeks
Change in cognitive function
Prazo: 12-24 weeks

Symbol Digit Modalities Test - oral. An oral test of sequencing symbols. •Participant substitutes a number for meaningless geometric shapes based on a key that assigns a specific number to each shape. Scoring is based on the number of correct substitutions.

12-24 weeks
Change in cognitive function
Prazo: 12-36 weeks

Symbol Digit Modalities Test - oral. An oral test of sequencing symbols. •Participant substitutes a number for meaningless geometric shapes based on a key that assigns a specific number to each shape. Scoring is based on the number of correct substitutions.

12-36 weeks
Change in steps per day
Prazo: 12-24 weeks

Measured by accelerometer

12-24 weeks
Change in steps per day
Prazo: 12-36 weeks

Measured by accelerometer

12-36 weeks
Change in participant Quality of Life (QoL) - General Health
Prazo: 12-24 weeks

Multiple Sclerosis 54 Quality of Life Questionnaire. A series of questions about quality of life and social functioning. Score 0 to 100.

12-24 weeks
Change in participant Quality of Life (QoL) - General Health
Prazo: 12-36 weeks

Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life Questionnaire. A series of questions about quality of life and social functioning. Score 0 to 100.

12-36 weeks
Change in participant Quality of Life (QoL) - Mental Health
Prazo: 12-24 weeks

Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life Questionnaire A series of questions about quality of life and social functioning. Score 0 to 100.

12-24 weeks
Change in participant Quality of Life (QoL) - Mental Health
Prazo: 12-36 weeks

Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life Questionnaire A series of questions about quality of life and social functioning. Score 0 to 100.

12-36 weeks
Change in total sleep time
Prazo: 12-24 weeks

Total sleep time is measured in hours and minutes and tracked by accelerometer worn by participants throughout the study

12-24 weeks
Change in total sleep time
Prazo: 12-36 weeks

Total sleep time is measured in hours and minutes and tracked by accelerometer worn by participants throughout the study

12-36 weeks
Change in perceived anxiety
Prazo: 12-24 weeks

Perceived anxiety is measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), a 14 question scale ranging from 0-3 with zero being being low or no occurrence and 3 being high occurrence.

12-24 weeks
Change in perceived anxiety
Prazo: 12-36 weeks

Perceived anxiety is measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), a 14 question scale ranging from 0-3 with zero being being low or no occurrence and 3 being high occurrence.

12-36 weeks
Change in perceived depression
Prazo: 12-24 weeks

Perceived depression is measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), a 14 question scale ranging from 0-3 with zero being being low or no occurrence and 3 being high occurrence.

12-24 weeks
Change in perceived depression
Prazo: 12-36 weeks

Perceived depression is measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), a 14 question scale ranging from 0-3 with zero being being low or no occurrence and 3 being high occurrence.

12-36 weeks

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Patrocinador

Investigadores

  • Investigador principal: Terry L Wahls, MD, MBA, University of Iowa
  • Investigador principal: Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RD,, University of Iowa

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Publicações Gerais

Datas de registro do estudo

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Datas Principais do Estudo

Início do estudo (Real)

1 de agosto de 2016

Conclusão Primária (Real)

26 de janeiro de 2020

Conclusão do estudo (Real)

26 de fevereiro de 2025

Datas de inscrição no estudo

Enviado pela primeira vez

13 de setembro de 2016

Enviado pela primeira vez que atendeu aos critérios de CQ

22 de setembro de 2016

Primeira postagem (Estimado)

26 de setembro de 2016

Atualizações de registro de estudo

Última Atualização Postada (Real)

18 de setembro de 2026

Última atualização enviada que atendeu aos critérios de controle de qualidade

15 de setembro de 2026

Última verificação

1 de setembro de 2026

Mais Informações

Termos relacionados a este estudo

Plano para dados de participantes individuais (IPD)

Planeja compartilhar dados de participantes individuais (IPD)?

SIM

Descrição do plano IPD

Scientists may request data for a PROSPERO registered meta-analysis that has been published in a peer reviewed journal.

Prazo de Compartilhamento de IPD

One year after publication of data.

Critérios de acesso de compartilhamento IPD

Scientists who have a PROSPERO registered meta-analysis with a protocol that has been published in a peer reviewed journal may request data for that meta-analysis. The scientist will use their academic email to reach out to the PI with the protocol manuscript describing the data that is requested, their address, phone number and contact details. Upon review of the documents, and the request, the PI will determine if the request meets guidelines. If the request is deemed appropriate the PI will initiate an outgoing material data use agreement with the Division of Sponsored Programs at the University of Iowa who will contact the requesting scientists to sign the contract.

Tipo de informação de suporte de compartilhamento de IPD

  • PROTOCOLO DE ESTUDO
  • CIF

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Não

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Não

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