* Primary purpose: To assess satisfaction with overall improvement in symptoms, including individual bowel symptoms, after 4 weeks of administration of gQ-lab to patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). * Secondary purposes: To assess the correlation between intestinal attachment and therapeutic effects of gQ-lab through the visual analog scale (VAS) assessment of each IBS-related symptom and measurement of changes in quality of life and fecal flora in the placebo group and gQ-lab group after 4 weeks of gQ-lab administration. To assess safety, including adverse reactions, vital signs (including weight), physical examination, and changes in blood test results. To examine the rate of positive gut quotient (gQ) values in patients diagnosed with IBS as per the ROME III criteria. Further, to examine how the ROME III-based symptom scale score compared with that of the quality of life scale in the gQ questionnaire.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
100
probiotics
powdered skim milk, lactose
Symptom questionnaire survey (VAS score)
To assess satisfaction with overall improvement in bowel symptoms, after 4 weeks of administration of GQ lab to patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The range of the VAS score is 1 to 10. The lower the value of the VAS score, the better. The value of the endpoint (4 weeks) is compared in the placebo group versus the treatment group.
Time frame: 4 weeks
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