Participants sought: Patients with ulcerative colitis and how they process dietary fibre

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Volunteers are needed for a dietary research contributing to the advancement of better therapies for inflammatory bowel disease. We are investigating the physiological effects of ingesting a short-term, high fibre diet vs low fibre diet in the large bowel using a wireless, ingestible device. We are looking for both healthy volunteers and individuals with UC in remission.

You may be suitable to take part if you:

• Are aged 18 – 75 years ;
• Are not currently taking any antibiotics
• Are on stable medications for > 3 months
• Do not have any other gastrointestinal disease including Crohns disease or have had gastrointestinal surgery
• Living in Melbourne, Australia

Contact
To participate or find out more information please contact Ms CK Yao

• Phone: +61 3 9903 0270
• Email: chu.yao@monash.edu

Ethics approval
Ethics committee project number: 121/14
All information is kept strictly confidential
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