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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00161148
Date of registration: 08/09/2005
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: UMC Utrecht
Public title: Probiotics in Patients With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Scientific title: Probiotics in Patients With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease- a Randomized Placebo-Controlled Cross-Over Trial
Date of first enrolment: January 2005
Target sample size: 12
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00161148
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Contacts
Name:     Karel v Erpecum, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: +31 30 2506275
Email: k.j.vanerpecum@azu.nl
Affiliation: 
Name:     Karel v Erpecum, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: +31 302506275
Email: k.j.vanerpecum@azu.nl
Affiliation: 
Name:     Karel v Erpecum, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  UMC Utrecht
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of PSC based on characteristic findings on cholangiography, or based on the
triad: typical histological findings in a liver biopsy, elevated serum alkaline
phosphatase and presence of inflammatory bowel disease

- Presence of inflammatory bowel disease

- elevated serum alkaline phosphatase

- age = 18 years

- informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnancy

- use of probiotics within one month before the study

- use of antibiotics within one month before the study

- a history of bacterial cholangitis



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Probiotics
Primary Outcome(s)
Assessment of the effects of treatment with probiotics on serum liver tests
Secondary Outcome(s)
Assessment of the effects of treatment with probiotics on fatigue and pruritus
Secondary ID(s)
PBPSC
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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Date Posted:
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