Status:
COMPLETED
The DOMINO Trial: Diet Or Medication in Irritable Bowel syNdrOme
Lead Sponsor:
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Conditions:
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the short-term efficacy and long-term health economic impact of a dietary intervention compared to pharmacotherapy with a musculotropic spasmolytic agent for ...
Detailed Description
A randomized controlled trial (Phase IV trial) to evaluate the short-term efficacy and long-term health economic impact of a dietary intervention compared to pharmacotherapy with a musculotropic spasm...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Eligible patients are those of either gender, above the age of 18, eligible to give informed consent.
- Newly diagnosed with or newly to be treated for IBS in primary care, as this is the setting where the majority of these patients is managed. The diagnostic gold standard, in line with clinical practice, will be clinician's diagnostic judgment.
- Supportive information for the diagnosis of IBS will be provided to the GPs at the initial investigators meeting. This includes: a guidance for diagnosis and potentially useful additional tests based on the Rome IV management algorithm, a Rome IV-based diagnostic questionnaire with pictograms and a list of alarm symptoms.
- Patients who did not receive treatment over the preceding 3 months, and who did not receive long-term treatment (\>3 consecutive weeks) with otilonium bromide in the past are eligible for the trial.
Exclusion
- Patients not capable to understand or be compliant with the study.
- Patients with concurrent organic gastrointestinal disease (inflammatory bowel disease), a history of major bowel surgery (not including minimal invasive surgery such as appendectomy or cholecystectomy, but including sigmoidectomy, hemicolectomy and small bowel resections)
- Patients who received treatment with otilonium bromide in the past for more than 3 weeks consecutively or who received otilonium bromide recently for any duration in the last 3 months.
- Patients who have used FODMAP or NICE diet before.
- Patients who recently (last 3 weeks) used other medication for IBS, or who changed their diet for IBS or for any other reason over the last 3 months. To be included in the trial patients should stop these treatments following the advice of their GP (see paragraph 8.9).
- Patients with diabetes, uncontrolled thyroid disease, active malignant disease (not including patients with cancer free diagnosis for more than 5 years), symptomatic uncontrolled endometriosis.
- Patients with a major psychiatric disease. The use of a single antidepressant on a stable dose for at least 3 months is allowed (see paragraph 8.9).
- Patients with drug abuse and/or alcohol abuse.
- Patients on pharmacologically prepared probiotic formulations (i.e. bought in the pharmacy) will be excluded. The use of probiotic drinks or yoghurts available from food stores, such as Activia®, Yakult ®, Actimel ®, is allowed but should be registered as "complementary treatment"(see paragraph 8.9).
- Women with active pregnancy plans in the coming 6 months are not eligible and women of childbearing potential are only eligible if they use effective contraception throughout the study. Also excluded are women of childbearing potential not using effective contraception or women planning to become pregnant the next 6 months (see paragraph 8.9). Methods of contraception considered highly effective are: combined (oestrogen and progestogen containing) hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, intravaginal, transdermal), progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, injectable, implantable), intrauterine device (IUD), intrauterine hormone-releasing system (IUS), bilateral tubal occlusion, a vasectomized partner or sexual abstinence (http://www.hma.eu/fileadmin/dateien/Human\_Medicines/01-About\_HMA/Working\_Groups/CTFG/2014\_09\_HMA\_CTFG\_Contraception.pdf)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 26 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 6 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
472 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04270487
Start Date
July 26 2018
End Date
July 6 2020
Last Update
November 17 2020
Active Locations (1)
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Univeristy Hospital Leuven
Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium, 3000