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Register: Netherlands Trial Register
Last refreshed on: 28 April 2013
Main ID:  NTR2857
Date of registration: 18/04/2011
Primary sponsor: Academic Medical Center (AMC), Department of Hepato- and Gastroenterology
Public title: Effect of Prucalopride on esophagus in healthy volunteers.
Scientific title: Effect of Prucalopride on Gastroesophageal Reflux, Esophageal Motility and Gastric Emptying in Healthy Volunteers. -
Date of first enrolment: 1/6/2011
Target sample size: 20
Recruitment status: complete
URL:  http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=2857
Study type:  intervention
Study design:  Randomised: Yes; Masking: Double; Control: Placebo; Group: Crossover; Type: Single arm  
Countries of recruitment
The Netherlands
Contacts
Name: A.J.  Bredenoord
Address:  Meibergdreef 9 1105 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)20 5661745
Email: a.j.bredenoord@amc.nl
Affiliation: 
Name: A.J.  Bredenoord
Address:  Meibergdreef 9 1105 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)20 5661745
Email: a.j.bredenoord@amc.nl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Written informed consent;

2. Minimum age 18 years;

3. Male gender.

Exclusion criteria: 1. Surgery of the GI tract other than appendectomy or cholecystectomy;

2. Motility disorders of the GI tract leading to delayed gastric emptying or altered intestinal motility;

3. A history of GI complaints;

4. Use of any medication with a potential effect on GI Motility that can not be stopped for the duration of the study with examination with radiation in the last year.


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Functional dyspepsia (FD), Gastroesophageal reflux Disease (GERD), Gastric emptying, Heartburn

Intervention(s)
1. High resolution manometry (esophageal function study);

2. Impedance-pH recording (reflux study);

3. Standardized meal during the manometry and impedance;

4. Study medication/placebo: 4 mg a day during 6 days

5. Questionnaires;

6. Scintygraphy.
Primary Outcome(s)
Number of esophageal reflux episodes during the 24-hr study.
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Gastric emptying rate;

2. Esophageal contraction amplitudes;

3. LES resting pressure;

4. Esophageal acid exposure time;

5. Number of TLESRs.
Secondary ID(s)
2011-001870-25
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Shire/Movetis
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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