Status:

COMPLETED

Gastrointestinal Motility in Patients With Neuroendocrine Tumors

Lead Sponsor:

University of Aarhus

Collaborating Sponsors:

Novartis

The Danish Medical Research Council

Conditions:

Neuroendocrine Tumor

Eligibility:

All Genders

30-80 years

Brief Summary

We will study the total gastrointestinal transit time (GITT), gastric emptying and small intestine motility in NET patients before and after treated with somatostatin analogues and compare these to he...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • NET confirmed by histology
  • Diarrhea, (at least 3 loose or watery bowel movements per day) as part of carcinoid syndrome.
  • Newly referred patients without previous somatostatin analogue treatment or
  • NET patients who are pausing somatostatin analogue treatment due to other treatment or examination.

Exclusion

  • Subjects unable to understand the information
  • Severe diabetes with late complications or known metabolic disorder
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Known clinically significant stenosis of the bowel
  • Bile acid malabsorption due to intestinal surgery
  • Small bowl bacterial overgrowth

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2008

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

13 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00789841

Start Date

September 1 2008

End Date

May 1 2010

Last Update

October 26 2010

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Analfysiologisk afsnit, Aarhus University Hospital, Tage Hansensgade, entrance 11A

Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, 8000