POLYETHYLENEGLYCOL, ELECTROLYTES AND PROBIOTICS IN CONSTIPATION IN CHILDRE
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K590- Constipation
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/06/043454
- Lead Sponsor
- SHIVAKUMAR NALUBOLA
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. CHILDREN AGED 2 YRS TO 10 YRS WITH THE DIAGNOSIS OF FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION BASED ON ROME 4 CRITERIA
2. FAILURE OF EDUCATIONAL AND DIETARY INTERVENTIONS IMPLEMENTED FOR A MINIMUM OF ONE MONTH
Exclusion Criteria
1. PATIENTS THAT HAD USED MEDICATIONS THAT CAN AFFECT INTESTINAL MOTILITY SUCH AS LAXATIVES, PROBIOTICS OR PREBIOTICS IN THE FOUR WEEKS PRECEDING THE FIRST VISIT.
2. PATIENTS WITH DEFECATION PROBLEMS OF AN ORGANIC AETIOLOGY.
3. PATIENTS WITH PREVIOUS GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, KNOWN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY, CEREBRAL PALSY.
4. ALLERGIC TO POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL OR ANY OTHER ELECTROLYTES
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method FREQUENCY OF BOWEL MOVEMENTS PER WEEK. <br/ ><br>STOOL CONSISTENCY <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 4th week and 8th week
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ABDOMINAL PAIN <br/ ><br>FAECAL INCONTINENCE <br/ ><br>PAINFUL DEFECATION <br/ ><br>RECTAL BLEEDINGTimepoint: WEEKLY