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Assessment of Efficacy and Safety of Tegaserod Treatment and Placebo in Women With Dyspepsia

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Dyspepsia
Registration Number
NCT00232024
Lead Sponsor
Novartis
Brief Summary

This study is being done to evaluate the safety, tolerability and satisfactory relief of dyspepsia symptoms in females excluding those with predominant stomach pain. Tegaserod will be evaluated at 6mg twice daily and placebo.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
1296
Inclusion Criteria
  • Female, 18 years or older
  • Self-reported presence of persistent or recurrent adverse digestive symptoms consistent with dyspepsia for at least 12 weeks, not necessarily consecutive, during the previous 12 months.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Abnormal upper GI endoscopy findings such as esophageal, gastric erosions or ulcers and/or duodenal ulcers/erosions.
  • Any of the following symptoms: heartburn, epigastric pain, nausea or vomiting.

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may appl

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Over 6 weeks of treatment assessment of percent of days with satisfactory relief of dyspepsia and/or average severity score in (average of post-prandial fullness early satiety and bloating)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Average severity score during each week.
Percentage of days with satisfactory relief of dyspepsia during each week.
Weekly global assessment of change in dyspepsia condition.
Daily assessment of improvment of individual symptoms postprandial fullness early satiety, bloating, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting.
Quality of life at end of treatment compared to baseline.
Safety and tolerability.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Novartis

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East Hanover, New Jersey, United States

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