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

Showa Inan General Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Constipation

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Agar jelly

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02012543

Agar jelly

Kanten1 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• subjects take laxatives.

Exclusion criteria

• subjects underwent abdominal surgery.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

Agar jelly, constipation

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects eat a cap of agar jelly (180g) shortly before eating dinner every day for 4 weeks.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Agar jelly