Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02012543
Effect of Agar Administration on Defecation and Fecal Condition in Chronic Constipated Patients
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 100 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Showa Inan General Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 20 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
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.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Agar jelly |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2013-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2014-10-01
- Completion
- 2014-10-01
- First posted
- 2013-12-16
- Last updated
- 2014-11-04
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Japan
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02012543. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.