Effect of Agar Administration on Defecation and Fecal Condition in Chronic Constipated Patients

N/ACompletedNCT02012543

Showa Inan General Hospital100 enrolled

Overview

The administration of agar jelly may increase the number of defecation and the volume of feces, and then may improve fecal condition in chronic constipated patients.

Each subject eats one cap of agar jelly shortly before having dinner every day for 4 weeks. At 0, 7th, 14th, 21th, and 28th day , the frequency of defecation and defecation condition is assessed.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Constipation

Interventions

Agar jellyDIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * subjects take laxatives. Exclusion Criteria: * subjects underwent abdominal surgery.

Locations (1)

Showa Inan General Hospital

Komagane, Nagano, Japan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

the condition of feces

Bristol scale is used.

Time frame: 4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

the number and amount of defecation

Time frame: 4 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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