Evaluation of Prucalopride in Male Subjects With Chronic Constipation.

Summary

This is a multi-centre, randomised, parallel-group, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III trial to evaluate the efficacy of prucalopride versus placebo over 12 weeks of treatment in male subjects with chronic constipation. Furthermore the safety, tolerability, effect on quality of life and effect on symptoms of prucalopride will be assessed.

Timeline

Start

2010-09-23

Primary completion

2013-10-25

Completion

2013-10-25

Publications

• Lembo A, Staller K, Boules M, Feuerstadt P, Spalding W, Gabriel A, Youssef A, Xie Y, Terreri B, Cash BD. Efficacy and safety of prucalopride in patients with chronic idiopathic constipation stratified by age, body mass index, and renal function: a post hoc analysis of phase III and IV, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical studies. Ther Adv Gastroenterol. 2024 Dec 10;17:17562848241299731. doi: 10.1177/17562848241299731. eCollection 2024.
• Staller K, Hinson J, Kerstens R, Spalding W, Lembo A. Efficacy of Prucalopride for Chronic Idiopathic Constipation: An Analysis of Participants With Moderate to Very Severe Abdominal Bloating. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 Jan 1;117(1):184-188. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001521.
• Yiannakou Y, Piessevaux H, Bouchoucha M, Schiefke I, Filip R, Gabalec L, Dina I, Stephenson D, Kerstens R, Etherson K, Levine A. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of prucalopride in men with chronic constipation. Am J Gastroenterol. 2015 May;110(5):741-8. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2015.115. Epub 2015 Apr 14.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.