title: Pharmacotherapy and management strategies for coeliac disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Coeliac disease is a common disease that affects approximately 1% of Northern European and American populations. Evidence suggests it is caused by an inappropriate immune response in genetically susceptible patients to dietary gluten found in wheat, rye, barley and, in a small minority of patients, oats. Treatment involves a lifelong gluten-free diet. This diet limits nutritional variety and is costly and difficult to maintain.
  
  
  METHODS
  This review covers the current treatment options available and discusses novel emerging therapies for coeliac disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Novel therapies are still in early stages of development and therefore, at present, a gluten-free diet remains the treatment of choice in coeliac disease due to its low side-effect profile. A replacement for a gluten-free diet would be superior to an adjunct; in this case dietary modification of gluten may well have the least side effects, be tolerated by a wider group of coeliac patients and therefore be accepted. Search terms used: Pubmed, Medline and clinicaltrials.gov were searched with 'celiac disease' and 'therapy' as MESH terms. Patent database was searched using the term 'celiac disease'. Conference attendance at DDW Chicago 2011 and Columbia 2010 was also used to gain further information from conference abstracts.
authors: King's College London, Division of Nutrition and Diabetes, The Rayne Institute, St Thomas' Hospital, Gastroenterology Laboratory, 4th Floor Lambeth Wing, London, SE1 7EH, UK.
authors: Suzanne C
authors: SC
authors: Donnelly
authors: H Julia
authors: HJ
authors: Ellis
authors: Paul J
authors: PJ
authors: Ciclitira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D055050:Diet, Gluten-Free; D015195:Drug Design; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005983:Glutens / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D005983:Glutens