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Characteristics of INTESTINAL DYSFUNCTION in Patients With MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

NCT04599595 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2020-10-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

MS (Multiple Sclerosis) is the most common neurological disease involving disabilities in young adults, with bowel symptoms, in particular constipation and fecal incontinence. The main objectives of the study are to assess the prevalence, characteristics, severity and impact on the Quality of Life of intestinal disorders in this population, to correlate the severity and characteristics of constipation and fecal incontinence with Intestinal Transit Time and the time dedicated to the evacuation, and how these items change in relation to the use of transanal irrigation (TAI). Another objective is to identify the composition of the intestinal microbiota in MS patients in relation to the type of bowel characteristics, comparing it with microbiota profile of the healthy population of the same region of origin, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Peristeen (Coloplast)

Patients with severe intestinal dysfunction impairment (PAC QoL score ≥ 32) will be offered the adoption of the TAI (Transanal Irrigation) with Peristeen Device as a way to manage their own evacuation, replacing any other measure used until that moment (suppositoires, clisms exceptionally cc) with the exception of the possible intake of macrogols and/or prebiotics and/or probiotics which instead patients can continue. This treatment will be proposed to all patients with severe impairment of intestinal function. The TAI training with Peristeen will be carried out at the surgical clinic of the Surgical Department of the Ferrara University Hospital, Italy, by the health personnel involved in the study, usually in a single session, but more sessions may be necessary, with the continuation of the TAI for 4 weeks or with patient's exclusion from the study if the guarantees of appropriate use of the device will not be reached.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital of Ferrara

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Simona Ascanelli · University Hospital of Ferrara

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-06-07
Primary Completion
2020-04-10
Completion
2020-04-10

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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