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Post-Infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome (PI-IBS)

NCT01497847 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 131

Last updated 2013-04-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Purpose:

* identification of factors predisposing for Post-Infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome (PI-IBS) development after an episode of traveler's diarrhea
* identification of systemic (serum) and local (biopsy) changes in infectious and immunological activity during infection and correlation with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) symptoms, persisting after traveler's diarrhea

Design:

* 4 study visits: before traveling, 2 weeks after traveling, 6 months after traveling, 12 months after traveling
* at each study visit following investigations: blood collection, stool collection, questionnaires, rectal biopsy

Conditions

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Diarrhea

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • KU Leuven

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Guy Boeckxstaens, M.D. · Catholic University Leuven

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-03-31
Primary Completion
2013-02-28
Completion
2013-02-28

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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