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NCT Number: NCT01870895

A Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of YM060 in Female Patients With Diarrhea-predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

To demonstrate the superiority of YM060 to a placebo in global assessment of relief of overall IBS symptoms and stool form normalization, and to evaluate safety in female patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (D-IBS).

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Key information

Conditions

Diarrhea-predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Age range

20 year–64 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Hokkaido, Japan

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients satisfying the Rome III Diagnostic Criteria
  • Patients whose ≥25% of stools were loose or watery and <25% of them were hard or lumpy stools
  • Patients who have abdominal pain or discomfort
  • Patients in whom after occurrence of IBS symptoms the following tests were conducted and in whom no organic changes were observed Pancolonoscopy or contrast enema

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with a history of surgical resection of the stomach, gallbladder, small intestine or large intestine
  • Patients with a history or current evidence of inflammatory bowel disease
  • Patients with a history or current evidence of colitis ischemic
  • Patients with concurrent infectious enteritis
  • Patients with concurrent hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism
  • Patients with concurrent active peptic ulcer
  • Patients with other concurrent disease that may affect the digestive tract passage or large intestinal function or that is likely to interfere with proper assessment of IBS abdominal pain/discomfort

Treatment and study plan

YM060

Drug

oral

Other names: ramosetron,, Irribow

Placebo

Drug

oral

Primary outcomes

  1. Monthly responder rate of global assessment of relief of overall IBS symptoms at final point

    Time frame: Up to 12 weeks

  2. Monthly responder rate of stool form normalization at final point

    Time frame: Up to 12 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Monthly responder rate of global assessment of relief of abdominal pain/discomfort

    Time frame: Up to 12 weeks

  2. Monthly responder rate of global assessment of improvement of abnormal bowel habits

    Time frame: Up to 12 weeks

  3. Change in weekly average scores of severity of abdominal pain/discomfort

    Time frame: Up to 12 weeks

  4. Change in weekly average scores of stool form

    Time frame: Up to 12 weeks

  5. Safety assessment of YM060

    Time frame: Up to 12 weeks

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Astellas Pharma Inc

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Double-blind, Parallel-group, Comparative Study in Female Patients With Diarrhea-predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
Jun 6, 2013
Registry last updated
Oct 12, 2015

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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