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ArticleNutrients2022

Dietary Therapy to Improve Nutrition and Gut Health in Paediatric Crohn's Disease; A Feasibility Study.

Stephen J Allen, Salma Belnour, Elizabeth Renji, Bernie Carter, Lucy Bray, Angela Allen, Emma Jones, Britta Urban, Sarah Moule, Duolao Wang and 1 more

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Article in Nutrients, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Saudi consensus guidance for the diagnosis and management of inflammatory bowel disease in children and adolescents.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Stephen J AllenDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK.
Salma BelnourDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Liverpool, Foundation Building, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 7ZX, UK.
Elizabeth RenjiAlder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK.
Bernie CarterFaculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine, Edge Hill University, St Helens Road, Ormskirk L39 4QP, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5226-9878
Lucy BrayFaculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine, Edge Hill University, St Helens Road, Ormskirk L39 4QP, UK.
Angela AllenDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK.
Emma JonesAlder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK.
Britta UrbanDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK.
Sarah MouleIndependent Researcher, Hartlepool TS27 4RR, UK.
Duolao WangDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2788-2464
Raymond J PlayfordSchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of West London, St Mary's Road, Ealing, London W5 5RF, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1235-8504
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine · GBAlder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust · GBEdge Hill University · GBUniversity Hospital of Hartlepool · GBUniversity of Liverpool · GBUniversity of West London · GB

Funding

National Institute for Health and Care Research; Research for Patient Benefit Programme. PB-PG-0816-20050
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bovine colostrum (BC) has anti-inflammatory, anti-infective, growth and intestinal repair factors that may be beneficial in Crohn's disease (CD). We assessed whether daily BC for up to 3 months was acceptable to children and young people (CYP) with CD in remission or of mild/moderate severity. CYP were randomised to receive either BC or matching placebo milk daily for 6 weeks (blinded phase); all received BC for the following 6 weeks (open phase). In 23 CYP, median (inter-quartile range) age was 15.2 (13.9-16.1) years and 9 (39.1%) were girls. A similar proportion of CYP in the BC and placebo arms completed the blinded phase (8/12, 75.0% and 9/11, 81.8% respectively). Twelve (70.6%) CYP completed the open phase with 7 (58.3%) tolerating BC for 3 months. Diaries in weeks 2, 6 and 12 revealed that most CYP took BC every day (5/7, 71.4%; 5/8, 62.5% and 6/11, 54.5% respectively). In interviews, opinions were divided as to preference of BC over the placebo milk and some preferred BC over other nutritional supplements. Symptoms, clinical and laboratory variables and quality of life were similar in the two arms. BC may be an acceptable nutritional supplement for daily, longer-term use in CYP with CD.

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Crohn DiseaseAdolescentAnimalsCattleChildFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMaleQuality of LifeRemission Inductionacceptabilitybiomarkersbovine colostrumchildrenCrohn’s diseasequality of liferandomised trialyoung people

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PMID36364868
PMCPMC9655551
OpenAlexW4308123322

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