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Analysis of fecal microbiota and effectiveness of synbiotics in patients with functional constipation : C-club multicenter study

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Diseases of the digestive system
Registration Number
KCT0000448
Lead Sponsor
Ewha Womans University Medical Center
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria

1)20-60 year old patients
2)patients fulfilling Rome III criteria for functional constipation and their age- and sex-matched controls

Exclusion Criteria

1) pregnant or breastfeeding women
2) organic bowel disease
3) diagnosed with advanced adenoma within 3 years
4) irritable bowel disease(Rome III)
5) OP history of bowel surgery or cholecystectomy
6) lactose malabsorption
7) DM or severe medical disease(heart and lung, liver and kidney, malignancy, immunocompromised patients)
8)Heavy alcoholics
9)difficult to Cooperate
10) antibiotics, probiotics, or synbiotics within 1 month.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional Study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
difference of gut microbiome between functional constipation and control, and the influences of a probiotic , VSL#3 on the microflora of each group
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Influence of probiotics on bowel symptom of constipation patients
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