Conditions: Chronic Idiopathic Constipation
Keywords: constipation chronic idiopathic constipation no prior history of surgery to the colon not on any type of medication that could alter gastrointestinal motility or transit
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 19
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This prospective study is designed to evaluate how lubiprostone may affect gastric motor and sensory function.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: 24 micrograms of lubiprostone twice daily for one week.

Interventions: intervention 1: lubiprostone
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 24 micrograms twice daily for 1 week

Protocol document: