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

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2008-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

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.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Showa Inan General Hospital
• Collaborator: Tsumura USA

Criteria

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