Examination of bowel movement improving effect of yogurt
- Conditions
- Healthy adult
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000043902
- Lead Sponsor
- EP Mediate Co., Ltd.
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 22
Not provided
(1) Subjects with chronic medical illness or a history of serious illness. (2) Subjects with underlying disease that causes chronic constipation, subjects with a history of gastrointestinal surgery. (3) Subjects who do not have a dietary habit of 3 meals a day. (4) Subjects with food allergies. (5) Subjects with lactose intolerance. (6) Subjects who took fermented milk such as yogurt, lactic acid bacteria drink, and natto at least 4 times a week during the month before the SCR test. (7) Subjects taking medications or quasi-drugs that may affect the study at least once a week, or subjects taking health foods at least four times a week, or subjects taking health foods four or more times a week during the month prior to the SCR test, or Subjects who plan to use these at least once during the study. (8) Subjects who have undergone gastroscopy, gastric X-ray barium, colonoscopy, colon cleansing or stool removal during the month prior to SCR, or during this study. (9) Subjects with or may have or have a history of IBS / organic constipation. (10) Subjects who participated in or plan to participate in other studies except observational studies during the month prior to the SCR test. (11) Women with changes in bowel movements during menstruation. (12) Pregnant subjects, subjects planning to become pregnant during the study period. (13) Breastfeeding subjects. (14) Smokers or subjects who quit smoking for less than 3 months. (15) Subjects who drink much alcohol. (16) Subjects who plan to move with night shifts or accommodation. (17) Subjects who are judged as ineligible by the clinical investigator.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Compare the number of defecations in the week before ingestion with the number of defecations in the week from 1 week after ingestion to 2 weeks after ingestion.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Compare the stool properties for 1 week before ingestion with the stool properties for 1 week from 1 week after ingestion to 2 weeks after ingestion.