Clinical Trial: Strategy For Assessing The Risk Of Type 1 Diabetes In Pediatric Celiac Patients

U.S., Oct. 8 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07862101) titled 'Strategy For Assessing The Risk Of Type 1 Diabetes In Pediatric Celiac Patients' on March 12.

Brief Summary: Celiac disease (CD) and type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) are chronic autoimmune disorders that frequently co-occur, largely due to shared genetic susceptibility, particularly HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8 alleles. In Italy, approximately 300,000 individuals are affected by T1D, with a prevalence of 0.5% in the general population and 0.22% in the pediatric population. The annual incidence among children is 12.26 per 100,000, with boys affected more frequently than girls (13.13 vs. 11.35 per 100,000). Alarmingly, 25-40% of pediatric patient...