Overview

The Effect of Probioticson Bloating in IBS

Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2007-09-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
Female
Summary
The purpose of the study is to establish an in-vitro method to evaluate the effect of probiotics on gas production in feces (hydrogen and methane)
Phase:
N/A
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Female test persons with symptoms of meteorism, the age of > 18 years, completely
integrated in the Danish society (including nutrition), and no previous abdominal surgery
besides from appendicectomy (advertisement in a local newspaper for test persons).

Exclusion Criteria:

- Lactose and sorbitol intolerant persons (based on hydrogen breath tests).

- Persons with chronic ingestion of medicine, that might have an effect on gut bacterial
flora or bowel motility.

- Persons taking antibiotics within 2 month prior to the trial

- Persons with diagnosed gastrointestinal disease other than IBS.

- Persons not able to understand and/or read Danish.

- Persons under age and persons with obvious problems remembering and sticking to the
protocol (persons with dementia, psychological illness etc.)