Effect of Agar Administration on Defecation and Fecal Condition in Chronic Constipated Patients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Constipation
• Interventions: Dietary Supplement: Agar jelly

• Registration Number: NCT02012543
• Lead Sponsor: Showa Inan General Hospital

Brief Summary

The administration of agar jelly may increase the number of defecation and the volume of feces, and then may improve fecal condition in chronic constipated patients.

Detailed Description

Each subject eats one cap of agar jelly shortly before having dinner every day for 4 weeks.

At 0, 7th, 14th, 21th, and 28th day , the frequency of defecation and defecation condition is assessed.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-11
• Study First Submitted: 2013-11-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-12-10
• Study First Posted: 2013-12-16
• Primary Completion: 2014-10
• Study Completion: 2014-10
• Status Verified: 2014-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-11-02
• Last Update Posted: 2014-11-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• subjects take laxatives.

Exclusion Criteria

• subjects underwent abdominal surgery.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Agar jelly, constipation	Agar jelly	Subjects eat a cap of agar jelly (180g) shortly before eating dinner every day for 4 weeks.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
the condition of feces	4 weeks	Bristol scale is used.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
the number and amount of defecation	4 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Showa Inan General Hospital; 🇯🇵 Komagane, Nagano, Japan