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Enrolling by invitationNCT05209568Updated Sep 11, 2026

Immune Responses to Gluten

An interventional study of Gluten Powder in Celiac Disease, Malabsorption Syndromes and Digestive System Disease, sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital. Enrolling by invitation at 2 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 2 Years to 101 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-11.

Sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
400
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
2 Years to 101 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a study of immune responses after eating gluten powder in people with celiac disease and healthy controls.

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This is a multi-site open-label single dose gluten challenge study. Participants will provide a blood sample for measurement of cytokines before and 4 hours after eating gluten powder.

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Conditions studied

  • Celiac Disease
  • Malabsorption Syndromes
  • Digestive System Disease
  • Intestinal Disease
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases
  • Gluten Sensitivity
  • Celiac Disease in Children

Keywords

  • gluten
  • cytokine
  • T cell immune response
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In context

Celiac Disease

352 studies on the registry are indexed under Celiac Disease; 77 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 400 is above the median of 50 across 214 interventional studies indexed under Celiac Disease.

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Lead sponsor

Boston Children's Hospital is the lead sponsor of 608 studies on the registry; 147 are open to participants now.

Of its 32 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 19 (59%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
2 Years to 101 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  1. On a gluten-free diet for ≥ 4 weeks
  2. Willing to consume gluten for research
  3. For the celiac disease arm, diagnosis confirmed by serology and/or histology

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Pregnancy
  2. Wheat allergy
  3. Type 1 diabetes
  4. z-score \< -2
  5. History of more than minimal symptoms following gluten exposure on a gluten-free diet
  6. Comorbid condition that in the opinion of the investigator would interfere with study participation or would confound study results
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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BMI (body mass index)

Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.

What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
400 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Celiac Disease

    Individuals with a confirmed diagnosis of celiac disease based on serology and/or histology

    Dietary Supplement: Gluten Powder

  • Experimental
    Healthy Controls

    Individuals without a diagnosis of celiac disease

    Dietary Supplement: Gluten Powder

Interventions

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in serum interleukin-2 (IL-2) level from baseline to 4 hours after a single oral dose of gluten

    To determine the change in serum IL-2 level from baseline after a single oral dose of gluten

    Time frame: Baseline, 4 hours

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Study locations

2 sites
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References and documents

Publications

  • Goel G, Tye-Din JA, Qiao SW, Russell AK, Mayassi T, Ciszewski C, Sarna VK, Wang S, Goldstein KE, Dzuris JL, Williams LJ, Xavier RJ, Lundin KEA, Jabri B, Sollid LM, Anderson RP. Cytokine release and gastrointestinal symptoms after gluten challenge in celiac disease. Sci Adv. 2019 Aug 7;5(8):eaaw7756. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw7756. eCollection 2019 Aug. PubMed 31457091 ↗
  • Goel G, Daveson AJM, Hooi CE, Tye-Din JA, Wang S, Szymczak E, Williams LJ, Dzuris JL, Neff KM, Truitt KE, Anderson RP. Serum cytokines elevated during gluten-mediated cytokine release in coeliac disease. Clin Exp Immunol. 2020 Jan;199(1):68-78. doi: 10.1111/cei.13369. Epub 2019 Oct 1. PubMed 31505020 ↗
  • Tye-Din JA, Daveson AJM, Ee HC, Goel G, MacDougall J, Acaster S, Goldstein KE, Dzuris JL, Neff KM, Truitt KE, Anderson RP. Elevated serum interleukin-2 after gluten correlates with symptoms and is a potential diagnostic biomarker for coeliac disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2019 Oct;50(8):901-910. doi: 10.1111/apt.15477. Epub 2019 Sep 4. PubMed 31483515 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Individual participant demographic and cytokine data collected during the trial, after deidentification.

Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan

Time frame: Beginning 3 months and ending 5 years following article publication.

Access criteria: Researchers who provide a methodologically sound proposal

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 11, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05209568
Collaborators
Children's Hospital Colorado
Responsible party
Nan Du (Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 26, 2022
Start date
Jan 15, 2023
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 30, 2029 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 11, 2026

Study contacts

Jocelyn A Silvester, MD, PhD
principal investigator · McMaster University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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