Status:

COMPLETED

Impact of Probiotics BIFILACT® on Diarrhea in Patients Treated With Pelvic Radiation

Lead Sponsor:

CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval

Conditions:

Cancer

Diarrhea

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

In this double-blinded randomized clinical trial study, investigators assessed probiotic used to prevent or delay radiation induced grade moderate to severe diarrhea with patient treated for pelvic ca...

Detailed Description

This study was prospective, unicentric, controlled with comparison to a placebo, randomised and double-blinded. Patients were stratified into three groups: prostatic cancers, gynecologic cancers witho...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • They had a pelvic cancer: gynecologic, rectal, or prostatic,they were to receive radiotherapy treatments for a minimum of 40 Gy at the pelvic level , with or without chemotherapy and they had Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group(ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1

Exclusion

  • they had previous radiotherapy treatments in the pelvic or abdominal region, medical history of gastro-intestinal inflammation, malabsorption syndrome or inflammatory bowel disease or coeliac disease, ileostomy, daily use of anti-diarrheal medication before radiotherapy, pregnancy or breastfeeding, neutropenia or probiotics intolerance

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

246 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01839721

Start Date

December 1 2006

End Date

December 1 2010

Last Update

May 17 2013

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CHU de Québec, radio-oncology departement

Québec, Quebec, Canada, G1R 2J6