An Effectiveness and Safety Study of Chinese Herbal Medicine for Functional Constipation
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Functional constipation (FC) is a common complaint in clinical practice, but treatment for
this condition in conventional medicine is suboptimal. Complementary and alternative
medicines, especially Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) are used frequently by patients, however,
there is little research evidence about these commonly used CHM. The purpose of the study is
evaluate the efficacy and safety of an ancient CHM formula, MaZiRenWan (MZRW), by comparing
with placebo.
Phase:
Phase 2
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Hong Kong Baptist University
Collaborators:
Food and Health Bureau, Hong Kong PuraPharm International (H.K.) Ltd