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VSL#3 Vs placebo in pediatric patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Health Condition 1: null- Irritable Bowel Syndrome in children
Registration Number
CTRI/2008/091/000078
Lead Sponsor
CD Pharma India Pvt LtdC first FloorSDA New DelhiTel
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
15
Inclusion Criteria

•The subject or his/her legal guardian signs and dates a written informed consent form prior to the initiation of any study related activities.

•The subject is at least 4 and no older than 18 years old, male or female.

•The subject is complaining of IBS symptoms for at least 3 months â?? not necessarily consecutive â?? over the previous 12 months and meets the Rome II criteria listed below:

In children old enough to provide an accurate pain history, at least 12 weeks, which need not be consecutive, in the preceding 12 months of:

(1)Abdominal discomfort or pain that has two out of three features:

a) Relieved with defecation; and/or

b) Onset associated with a change in frequency of stool; and/or

c) Onset associated with a change in form (appearance) of stool; and

(2)There are no structural or metabolic abnormalities to explain the symptoms.

Exclusion Criteria

1) Subject who has been diagnosed with any of the following GI disorders:
-Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohnâ??s disease, Ulcerative colitis, Indeterminate Colitis)
-Microscopic colitis (lymphocytic colitis, collagenous colitis)
-Celiac Disease
-Gastroparesis
-Gastrointestinal obstruction and/or stricture
-Chronic pancreatitis
-Any disease that may affect bowel motility such as diabetes mellitus, sarcoidosis, connective tissue disease, or poorly controlled hypo/hyperthyroidism.

2) Subject who has undergone previous abdominal surgery (with the exception of uncomplicated appendectomy or cholecystectomy 6 months prior to enrollment)

3) Subject with a significant concomitant psychiatric, neurological, metabolic, renal, hepatic, infectious, hematological, cardiovascular or pulmonary illness, unless condition is stable and judged by the investigator not
to interfere with the patientâ??s participation in the study

4) Subject taking at the time of proposed enrolment any of the below listed prohibited medications:
-Anticholinergics (dicyclomine, hyoscyamine, propantheline)
Cholinomimetic agents (bethanechol, etc.)
All narcotics (morphine, codeine, propoxyphene either alone or in any combination)
5-HT3 receptor antagonists (e.g., alosetron, ondansetron, tropisetron, dolasetron, granisetron).
Gastrointestinal preparations:
Antacids (containing either magnesium or aluminium)
Antidiarrheal agents
Bismuth compounds
Laxatives (stimulant or osmotic)
Sulfasalazine

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Global relief from symptoms of IBS. This parameter will be evaluated utilizing the Subjectâ??s Global Assessment of Relief for Children (SGARC), at baseline and at all subsequent visits. The primary efficacy endpoint will be the proportions IBS global improvement scale responders at week 6. <br><br>Subjectâ??s Global Assessment of Relief for Children with IBS (SGARC)* <br>The child/caregiver will be asked to answer the following question:<br>Consider how your child felt this past week in regard to their IBS, especially the overall well-being, symptoms of abdominal discomfort, pain and altered bowel habits. Compared to the way he/she usually felt before entering the study, how do you rate the relief of symptoms during the past week?<br><br>(1)Complete relief<br>(2)Considerable relief<br>(3)Somewhat relieved<br>(4)Unchanged<br>(5)Worse<br>(Adapted from Muller-Lissner et al [9])<br>* This question will be answered by the parent and child if the child is younger than 12 years old. <br>Timepoint: 6 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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