Testing the Role of Anti-fungal Therapy in Improving the Response to Therapies for Crohn's Disease

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients at least 18 years old
2. Patients with mild to moderate Crohn's disease as defined by CDAI score of 150-450

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Antifungal usage within one month prior to initiation of blinded fluconazole usage
2. Known allergy to fluconazole
3. Patients with known hepatic disease, cirrhosis, or with elevated liver biochemistries (e.g., transaminase(s) \>3X upper limit of normal (ULN), and/or bilirubin levels \>1.5X ULN (with exception of confirmed Gilbert's disease) at baseline
4. Patients taking any medications judged by clinical provider to interact with fluconazole and are known contraindications (refer to section 2.2) and cause serious adverse events, including but not limited to death, cardiac events, serious cardiac dysrhythmias, and prolongation of QTc
5. Pregnant or lactating women
6. Severe Crohn's disease defined by a PRO-2 score ≥ 34 or imminent need for surgery, or deemed not medically fit by physician
7. Patient with symptomatic stricturing
8. Patient with pouchitis or an ostomy
9. Patients with known, active fungal infection(s) since these patients would require particular, standard-of-care monitoring and treatment, which may include intravenous and/or prolonged courses of fluconazole or other therapies.
10. Patients with hypokalemia, or advanced cardiac failure
11. Patients with renal insufficiency