This is a Phase II, double-blind, randomized, 3-arm, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and describe the safety of DT01 tablets in adults with IBS-D. Patients who meet all entry criteria will be randomized to receive DT tablets or placebo or both for 8 weeks. The study drug will be taken three times daily. Investigators will conduct phone-based assessments on Days 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49. Patients will return to the clinic after dosing has completed (Day 56) for a follow-up visit.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
120
Each subject was given orally 3 DT01 tablets/day for 8 weeks
Each subject was given orally 3 DT01 tablets/day for 8 weeks
Each subject was given orally 2 DT01 tablets and 1 Placebo tablet, three times per day for 8 weeks
Military Institute of Traditional Medicine
Hanoi, Vietnam
Abdominal pain response
Decrease in the weekly average of worst abdominal pain score in the past 24 hours of at least 30% compared with baseline
Time frame: 8 weeks
Stool consistency response
Decrease of at least 50% in the number of days per week with at least one stool that has a consistency of Type 6 or 7 according to the Bristol Stool Scale (BSS) compared with baseline.
Time frame: 8 weeks
Weekly response for abdominal pain intensity and stool consistency over 8 weeks of treatment in at least 50% of the weeks of treatment (4 out of 8 weeks)
A participant must meet both of the Abdominal pain response and Stool consistency response in the same week to be a weekly responder.
Time frame: 8 weeks
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