Status:

RECRUITING

Assessment of Anorectal Function in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Lead Sponsor:

Region Örebro County

Conditions:

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Brief Summary

Active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) causes disabling symptoms such as diarrhea, involuntary loss of bowel control, abdominal pain and urges to pass stool. However, even patients with inactive IBD ...

Detailed Description

Anorectal function (ARF) disorders in patients with IBD cause disabling symptoms such as fecal incontinence, increases in the stool frequency, urgency and tenesmus. Patients with IBD in remission fre...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Healthy volunteers
  • Symptomatic IBD patients: Moderate to severe IBD in remission with persistent symptoms as reported by symptom index and short health scale.
  • Asymptomatic IBD patients: moderate to severe IBD in remission without symptoms

Exclusion

  • Healthy volunteers:
  • gastrointestinal disease, functional gastrointestinal symptoms,
  • psychiatric disease
  • anal or pelvic surgery, inclusive interventions during delivery
  • diabetes, cardiovascular, renal, or hepatic disease,
  • concurrent or recent treatment with drugs affecting intestinal function or mood (antidepressants), nutritional supplements or herb products affecting intestinal function (probiotics), abuse of alcohol or drugs, and a recent (\< 2 weeks) history of systemic steroid therapy.
  • IBD patients
  • active disease
  • anal or pelvic surgery, inclusive interventions during delivery
  • diabetes, cardiovascular, renal, or hepatic disease,
  • concurrent or recent treatment with drugs affecting intestinal function or mood (antidepressants), nutritional supplements or herb products affecting intestinal function (probiotics), abuse of alcohol or drugs, and a recent (\< 2 weeks) history of systemic steroid therapy. Patients taking antidiarrhoeal or laxatives can be included after a 48 h washout period.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2021

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 30 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

70 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05185609

Start Date

September 1 2021

End Date

December 30 2027

Last Update

February 3 2022

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University hospital Örebro

Örebro, Sweden, 70185

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