Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03216239
SIBO & SIFO After Colectomy
Does Colectomy Predispose to Small Intestinal Bacterial (SIBO) and Fungal Overgrowth (SIFO)
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 100 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Augusta University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
After subtotal colectomy, 40% of patients report abdominal pain, gas and diarrhea, and poor quality of life; whose etiology is unknown. The investigators determined whether small intestinal bacterial (SIBO or fungal overgrowth SIFO) could cause these sympotoms (\> 1 year).
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2015-02-24
- Primary completion
- 2016-02-26
- Completion
- 2016-02-26
- First posted
- 2017-07-13
- Last updated
- 2018-06-27
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03216239. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.