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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00067561
Date of registration: 21/08/2003
Primary sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline
Public title: Study Of Women With Severe Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome Having Failed Conventional Therapy
Scientific title: A Twelve-Week, Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of 0.5 mg QD, 1 mg QD and 1 mg BID of Alosetron in Female Subjects With Severe Diarrhea-predominant IBS Who Have Failed Conventional Therapy
Date of first enrolment: June 2003
Target sample size: 700
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00067561
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Australia United States
Contacts
Name:   GSK Clinical Trials
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Affiliation:  GlaxoSmithKline
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosed with severe diarrhea-predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

- Failed conventional therapy.

- Willing to make daily calls on a touch-tone telephone.

Exclusion criteria:

- History of or current chronic or severe constipation.

- Bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain with rectal bleeding.

- Thrombophlebitis.

- Abnormal thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) value.

- Alcohol and/or substance abuse within past two years.

- Pregnant or lactating.

- History/treatment of malignancy within past five years.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Irritable Colon
Intervention(s)
Drug: Alosetron
Primary Outcome(s)
Subject self assessment of improvement between treatment groups using the IBS Global Improvement Scale; comparison of safety and tolerability between treatment groups with respect to adverse events & laboratory abnormalities.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Comparison of treatment groups with respect to subject relief of IBS pain & discomfort.
Secondary ID(s)
S3B30040
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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