Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01738607
Dietary Fiber for Fecal Incontinence
The Impact of Fiber Fermentation on Fecal Incontinence
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 206 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The primary aim of this study was to compare the effects of supplementation with one of three dietary fibers (gum arabic, carboxy-methylcellulose, or psyllium) or a placebo on fecal incontinence (FI), symptom intolerance, and quality of life in community-living individuals who have incontinence of loose or liquid feces. A secondary aim was to explore the possible mechanism(s) underlying the supplements' efficacy (i.e., improvements in stool consistency, water-holding capacity or gel formation).
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Psyllium | |
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Gum Arabic | Gum acacia dietary fiber |
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | carboxymethylcellulose | dietary fiber |
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Placebo |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2004-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2007-06-01
- Completion
- 2010-12-01
- First posted
- 2012-11-30
- Last updated
- 2023-05-09
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01738607. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.