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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN51942129
Date of registration: 30/04/2007
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Mastic Gum Producers Cooperative (Greece)
Public title: Evaluation of Effectiveness of Mastic Gum in Functional Dyspepsia
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Date of first enrolment: 01/05/2007
Target sample size: 140
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN51942129
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Prospective randomised double blind placebo controlled trial (Quality of life)  
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Countries of recruitment
Greece
Contacts
Name: Konstantinos    Dabos
Address:  Demokratias 5 821-00 Chios Greece
Telephone: +30 2271 028 729
Email: kostasophia@yahoo.com
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Rome II criteria for functional dyspepsia
2. Negative Helicobacter pylori status
3. Negative gastroduodenoscopy

Exclusion criteria: 1. Primarily symptoms of Gastro-Oesaphageal Reflux Disease (GORD)
2. On prokinetic drugs
3. Suffering from Gastrointestinal (GI) malignancy


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Gender: Not Specified
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Functional dyspepsia
Digestive System
Diseases of oesophagus, stomach and duodenum
Intervention(s)
Patients will be given either pure mastic gum in capsule form containing 350 mg or placebo capsules, twice daily. Patients will have treatment for three weeks. For safety reasons there will be a follow up visit four weeks later.
Primary Outcome(s)
1. Total symptom score changes, measured once at the end of treatment.
2. Global assessment of symptoms, measured once at the end of treatment.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Individual symptom changes, measured once, at the end of treatment.
Secondary ID(s)
MGCGH0031
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Mastic Gum Producers Cooperative (Greece)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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