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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN78640169
ISRCTN78640169
Completed
Not Applicable

Physiotherapy in Faecal Incontinence Trial

niversity Maastricht (UM) (The Netherlands)0 sites100 target enrollmentJune 27, 2007

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Faecal incontinence
Sponsor
niversity Maastricht (UM) (The Netherlands)
Enrollment
100
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
June 27, 2007
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity Maastricht (UM) (The Netherlands)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Adults (aged 18 years and older)
  • 2\. Faecal Incontinence (FI) complaints due to different etiologies persisting for at least six months
  • 3\. Vaizey incontinence score of at least 12
  • 4\. Failure of conservative treatment (including dietary adaptations and pharmacological agents)

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Patients diagnosed with an anorectal tumour within the past two years
  • 2\. Absent squeeze pressure of anal sphincter
  • 3\. Chronic diarrhoea (always fluid stool three or more times a day)
  • 4\. Overflow incontinence
  • 5\. Proctitis
  • 6\. Colitis ulcerosa
  • 7\. Crohn's disease
  • 8\. Soiling (defined as leakage of a minimal amount of faeces out of the anal canal)
  • 9\. Previous ileo\-anal or colo\-anal anastomosis and/or rectal prolapse in situ are excluded
  • 10\. Participants who received physiotherapy during the previous six months or who are intellectually and/or linguistically incapable to understand therapy are excluded as well

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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