NCT02642783

Sensory Properties of Bowel Cleansing Solutions

Sensory Evaluation of Laxative Bowel Solutions Used Prior to Colonoscopy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 14 (actual)
• Sponsor: American University of Beirut Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Samples of 4 commercially available bowel cleansing solutions, namely PEG-electrolyte + ascorbic acid (PEG-Asc, Moviprep®, Norgine, UK), PEG-electrolyte (PEG, Fortrans® Ibsen, France), sodium picosulfate/magnesium citrate (SPS, Picoprep®, Ferring, Switzerland), and oral sodium sulfate (OSS, Izinova®, Ibsen, France) were prepared according to the manufacturer's instructions. Descriptive analysis was conducted with trained panelists (N= 14) to create a sensory profile for the solutions and generated attributes were rated on an unstructured 15-cm line scale using the Compusense at-hand® (Guelph, Canada) sensory evaluation software. Acceptability testing was carried out with untrained participants (N=80) and samples were rated on the 9-point hedonic scale. Moreover, a Just-About-Right (JAR) scale was included for the four basic tastes to determine their compatibility with optimum taste/acceptability levels in the products.

Conditions

• Laxative Bowel Cleansing Solutions

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Descriptive analysis	subjects were asked to assess the sensory profile by tasting the laxative bowel cleansing solutions, namely: Moviprep, picoprep, fortrans and isinova
BEHAVIORAL	acceptability test	subjects were asked to assess the acceptability of the laxative bowel cleansing solutions, namely: Moviprep, picoprep, fortrans and isinova

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-11-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2015-12-30
• Last updated: 2015-12-30