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Effect of Clostridium Butyricum in Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Phase 4
Conditions
Effect of Clostridium Butyricum in Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT02614963
Lead Sponsor
Shandong University
Brief Summary

Clostridium Butyricum might be an effective drug in treating irritable bowel syndrome

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
300
Inclusion Criteria
  • the presence of Rome III criteria for IBS ;
  • Aged between 18 and 65 years old
Exclusion Criteria
  • Antibiotic, probiotic or laxative usage within 4 weeks.
  • organic gastrointestinal diseases
  • Severe systematic disease: diabetes mellitus, hepatic, renal or cardiac dysfunction, thyroid disease or tumor etc.
  • pregnancy or lactation.
  • previous major or complicated abdominal surgery.
  • severe endometriosis and dementia

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Placebo groupplaceboIrritable bowel syndrome patients treated with placebo
Clostridium Butyricum groupClostridium ButyricumIrritable bowel syndrome patients treated with Clostridium Butyricum
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
the changes of Irritable Bowel Syndrome-Severity Scoring System (IBS-SSS) scores7 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
IBS patients'quality of life7 months

Quality of life was determined by using IBS-QOL scoring system for patients with IBS.

Composition of Microorganisms in stool7 months

Primary coordination of fecal samples' 16s rDNA (ribosomal DNA) will be compared between two Groups using Braycurtis distance based Primary coordination analysis (PCoA).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Gastroenterology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University

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Jinan, Shandong, China

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