Status:
COMPLETED
Studies in Patients With Defecatory Disorders
Lead Sponsor:
Giome
Conditions:
Fecal Incontinence
Constipation
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Defecatory disorders like chronic constipation and faecal incontinence affect 25% of the population with rising incidence. Defecatory disorders pose a major health care burden and are poorly recognize...
Detailed Description
Defecatory disorders like chronic constipation and faecal incontinence affect 25% of the population with rising incidence. Defecatory disorders pose a major health care burden and are poorly recognize...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Healthy subjects: Asymptomatic healthy persons aged over 18 years who can give informed consent.
- CC (Chronic Constipation) Patients: Patients over 18 with history of FI for over 3months, who are able to give consent.
- FI (Fecal Incontinence) patients: Patients over 18 with history of FI for over 3months, who are able to give consent.
- Patients with a stoma who are over 18 years and able to give consent.
Exclusion
- Healthy subjects: Persons with a history of constipation or fecal incontinence, prior abdominal surgery, medication, and diseases, especially chronic diseases that affect bowel function and defecation. Pregnant women will also be excluded.
- CC Patients: Patients, who are not willing to undergo the proposed test program and patients with prior anorectal or intestinal surgery. Pregnant women and patients with chronic dehydration and on medications like opioids will also be excluded.
- FI patients: 1) Patients who are not willing to undergo the specified tests in this study, 2) Pregnant women and 3) Patients who has had anorectal surgery or bowel resection.
- Patients with stoma: Patients, who are not willing to undergo the proposed test program and patients who have inflammation or symptoms related to the stoma.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 14 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 31 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
236 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03317938
Start Date
August 14 2017
End Date
December 31 2024
Last Update
December 26 2025
Active Locations (2)
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1
Prince of Wales Hospital
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 000000
2
Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 0000