Participants Needed for Research Study: Fibre Intervention in Ulcerative Colitis

Study: Double Blind Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial for the Prevention of Ulcerative Colitis Relapses by the Prebiotic Combination Synergy-1.

Researchers in the Department of Medicine are studying the effect of fibres (prebiotics) on preventing disease recurrence in participants aged 18+ with ulcerative colitis. You must be in remission and have had a disease flare in the last 18 months.

If you are interested, please email ucprebio@ualberta.ca or call (780) 492–0019 for more information. This study is being conducted by IBD Gastroenterologist, Dr. Leo Dieleman and MSc student Melissa Silva in the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology.