Clinical Effects of Soluble Dietary Fiber Supplementation

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of pectin, a kind of soluble dietary fiber, on colonic transit time, clinical symptoms and the gut microbiota in adults with slow-transit constipation.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Nanjing PLA General Hospital
• Treatments: Pectin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patients(age≧18y)

• Admitted for slow-transit constipation were considered eligible

Exclusion Criteria:

• Mental disorders

• Cancer

• Inflammatory bowel disease