NCT06699030

A Strategy for Gallstone Expulsion Through Dietary Therapy

A New Strategy for Gallstone Expulsion Through Dietary Therapy: A Prospective, Single-Center, Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Institute of Gansu Province · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is a double-blind, prospective, single-center controlled trial conducted at a tertiary hospital, aiming to determine whether dietary therapy can effectively expel gallstones.

Detailed description

Gallstones are a common clinical condition, and their prevalence has been increasing globally in recent years. Gallstone formation is a result of various combined factors, and in its early stages, gallstones often exist in a sludge-like form. Currently, there is no definitive research on whether gallbladder sludge can be effectively expelled through medication or dietary therapy. Therefore, the investigators are conducting a double-blind, prospective, single-center controlled trial to verify whether gallbladder sludge-like stones can be effectively expelled using dietary therapy.

Conditions

• Gallbladder Stone

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Functional fatty acids	Days 1-3: Oral Administration of functional fatty acids Days 4-6: Oral Administration of functional fatty acids
OTHER	Placebo	Days 1-3: Placebo Days 4-6: Oral Administration of functional fatty acids

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-12-24
• Primary completion: 2026-12-01
• Completion: 2026-12-01
• First posted: 2024-11-21
• Last updated: 2025-12-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China