Efficacy and Safety of TJ-100 in the Treatment of Chronic Constipation

Showa Inan General Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Constipation

Treatments: Drug: TJ-100

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT00522093

TJ-100

Details and patient eligibility

About

TJ-100, a Japanese herbal medicine, is clinically effective in postoperative ileus. So it may activate bowel movement. This study will test the efficacy and safety of TJ-100 in the treatment of patients with chronic constipation.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 89 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• chronic constipation defined as less than 3 spontaneous bowel movement frequencies per week
• had symptoms of abdominal bloating or discomfort

Exclusion criteria

• mechanical bowel obstruction
• clinically systemic disease-induced constipation
• pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)