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Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether prucalopride is safe and effective in the re-treatment of chronic constipation.

Hypothesis:

Retreatment is as effective and safe as treatment with prucalopride in patients with chronic constipation.


Clinical Trial Description

This is a multicentre, Phase III trial with a parallel-group design, consisting of a 2 week drug-free run-in period, followed by a 4-week double-blind, placebo-controlled treatment period, a drug-free washout period of at least 2 weeks, and a second 4-week double-blind treatment period.

During the initial run-in period, the subject's bowel habit will be documented in a daily diary and the existence of constipation will be confirmed. Eligible subjects will be randomly allocated to double-blind treatment with either 4 mg prucalopride or placebo, given orally once daily before breakfast, for 4 weeks.

After 4 weeks of treatment, each subject will enter a drug-free washout period. The length of the washout period will be either 2 or 4 weeks, depending on how long it takes for the subject to meet the criteria for constipation. If the subject is unable to re-qualify after a 4-week washout, the subject must be discontinued from the trial.

Subjects who qualify for the second double-blind treatment period will receive the same treatment as during the first treatment period, once-daily for an additional four weeks. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


NCT number NCT00598338
Study type Interventional
Source Movetis
Contact
Status Completed
Phase Phase 3
Start date April 1999
Completion date February 2000

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