Gastrointestinal Transit Time in Patients With Guillain-Barré Syndrome

University of Aarhus

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Guillain-Barre Syndrome; Constipation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02459808

GBSTransitTimeAarhus

Details and patient eligibility

About

Constipation is a common condition among patients with Guillain-Barré Syndrome. It is believed, that the constipation is caused by autonomic neuropathy. However, the severity of the constipation, and its relation to autonomic function have not previously been studied.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 79 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Guillain-Barré Syndrome
• Ability to swallow the capsules used to assess GITT
• Ability to give meaningful informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Major abdominal disorders
• Severe acute comorbidity
• Known cancer
• Pregnancy
• Other known neurological disorder
• Use of laxatives one week before inclusion. (Patients will be excluded if medication with laxatives is started during the one week GITT measurement)

Trial design

0 participants in 1 patient group

GBS Patients

Description:

Patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome