Efficacy of Fructose Metabolizing Enzymatic Product Fructosin(R) in Patients With Fructose Malabsorption
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 65
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- area under the curve (AUC) of the exhaled breath hydrogen in ppm*min
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the enzymatic product Frucosin(R) is able to degrade fructose in vivo in the small intestine of patients with known fructose malabsorption by measuring hydrogen in the expiratory air.
详细描述
Fructose malabsorption is a digestive disorder in which the uptake of fructose in the small intestine is deficient. This leads to an increase of the concentration of fructose in the large intestine after the intake of fructose-rich meals. The exzess fructose is then degraded by intestinal microbes into CO2, CH4, H2 and short chain fatty acids causing symptoms like bloating, diarrhea, flatulence or stomach pain.
The clinical diagnosis requires a hydrogen breath test after challenge with fructose. After an oral challenge with fructose the emerging hydrogen is measured in the expiratory air. A fructose malabsorption is diagnosed if the hydrogen in the expiratory air reaches 20ppm or more.
In the course of this study the participants will take 2 hydrogen breath tests. Before each of these tests the participants will take either the active treatment (Fructosin(R)) or a placebo. The active treatment should reduce the exhaled hydrogen indicating a reduced concentration of fructose in the large intestine after fructose metabolization by the verum.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 80 Years(Adult, Older Adult)
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •diagnosed fructose malabsorption
排除标准
- •Gravidity
- •diabetes mellitus
- •recent gastrointestinal surgery
- •recent endoscopy
- •recent antibiotics therapy
结局指标
主要结局
area under the curve (AUC) of the exhaled breath hydrogen in ppm*min
时间窗: 4 hours
次要结局
- Symptoms during and after the hydrogen breath test (abdominal pain, flatulence, nausea and diarrhea/constipation)(24 hours)
