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Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

NCT number NCT01316718
Other study ID # 10085
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 4
First received September 21, 2010
Last updated January 16, 2014
Start date March 2011
Est. completion date September 2013

Study information

Verified date January 2014
Source University of Nottingham
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United Kingdom: Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory AgencyUnited Kingdom: National Health ServiceUnited Kingdom: National Institute for Health ResearchUnited Kingdom: Research Ethics Committee
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the trial is to define the clinical benefit and possible mediators of the benefit of mesalazine in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) with diarrhoea.

The investigators will therefore evaluate symptoms (primarily bowel frequency) and markers reflecting mast cell activation and small bowel tone.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 108
Est. completion date September 2013
Est. primary completion date September 2013
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years to 75 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male or Female patients aged 18-75 years old able to give informed consent.

2. Patients should all have had a colonoscopy or a sigmoidoscopy within the last 12 months to exclude microscopic colitis. (If not, but they have had a negative colonoscopy within 5 years and symptoms are unchanged, then a sigmoidoscopy and mucosal biopsy of the left colon would be sufficient to exclude microscopic colitis).

3. IBS-D Patients meeting Rome III criteria prior to screening phase.

4. Patients with = 25% soft (score > 4) and < 25% hard (score 1 or 2) stools during the screening phase, as scored by the daily symptom and stool diary*.

5. Patients with a stool frequency of 3 or more per day for 2 or more days per week during the screening phase*.

6. Satisfactory completion of the daily stool and symptom diary during the screening phase at the discretion of the investigator.

7. Women of child bearing potential willing or able to use at least one highly effective contraceptive method throughout the study. In the context of this study, an effective method is defined as those which result in low failure rate (i.e. less than 1% per year) when used consistently and correctly such as: implants, injectables, combined oral contraceptives, sexual abstinence or vasectomised partner.

- If inclusion criterion 4 and/or 5 is/are not met but the results are considered atypical (as observed from medical history and patient recall) then the patient can be re-screen on 1 occasion only.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Women who are pregnant or breast feeding

2. Prior abdominal surgery which may cause bowel symptoms similar to IBS (note appendectomy and cholecystectomy will not be an exclusion)

3. Patients unable to stop anti-muscarinics, anti-spasmodics, high dose tricyclic antidepressants (i.e. above 50 mg/day), opiates/anti-diarrhoeal drugs*, NSAIDs (occasional over the counter use and topical formulations are allowed), long-term antibiotics, other anti-inflammatory drugs or 5-ASA containing drugs.

4. Patients on selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors and low dose tricyclic antidepressants (i.e. up to 50 mg/day) for at least 3 months previous unwilling to remain on a stable dose for the duration of the trial.

5. Patients with other gastro-intestinal diseases including colitis and Crohn's disease.

6. Patients with the following conditions: Renal impairment, severe hepatic impairment or salicylate hypersensitivity.

7. Patients currently participating in another trial or have been in a trial within the previous 3 months

8. Patients who in the opinion of the investigator are considered unsuitable due to inability to comply with instructions

9. Patients with serious concomitant diseases e.g. cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological etc.

- Loperamide is allowed as rescue medication through-out the trial, however if > 2 doses / week are taken during the screening phase then they are not eligible, though they can be re-screened on 1 occasion only.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
Mesalazine
2g oral granules, once a day for 1 week, then 2g oral granules, twice a day for 11 weeks
Placebo
2g oral granules, once a day for 1 week, then 2g oral granules, twice a day for 11 weeks

Locations

Country Name City State
United Kingdom Queen's Medical Centre Nottingham Notts

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Nottingham National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Change from baseline in average stool frequency during weeks 11 and 12. Clinical Endpoint Week 0 and week 12 No
Primary Change from baseline of number of mast cell per mm2 at week 12 Mechanistic endpoint Week 0 and week 12 No
Secondary Average daily severity of abdominal pain on a 0-10 scale Clinical Endpoint Week 0 to week 12 No
Secondary Days with urgency Clinical Endpoint weeks 11-12 No
Secondary Mean stool consistency using Bristol Stool Form Score Clinical Endpoint Week 0 to week 12 No
Secondary Global satisfaction with control of IBS symptoms as assessed from the answer to the question "Have you had satisfactory relief of your IBS symptoms this week? Yes / No. " Week 0 to week 12 No
Secondary Mast cell tryptase release during 6 hour biopsy incubation Mechanistic endpoint Week 0 and week 12 No
Secondary IL-1ß, TNF-a, histamine and serotonin secretion during same incubation Mechanistic endpoint Week 0 and week 12 No
Secondary Small bowel tone assessed by volume of fasting small bowel water Mechanistic endpoint Week 0 and week 12 No
Secondary Euro-Qol Score Ancillary endpoint Week 0 and week 12 No
Secondary Centres for disease control and prevention health related quality of life healthy days core module score Ancillary endpoint Week 0 and week 12 No
Secondary Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale Score Ancillary endpoint Week 0 and week 12 No
Secondary Patient Health Questionnaire -15 Ancillary endpoint Week 0 and week 12 No
See also
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