CompletedPhase 3

Does the Negativation of the Glucose Hydrogen Breath Test Come Along With a Reduction of the Symptoms of Gaz Incontinence ?

France16 participantsStarted 2011-01

Plain-language summary

The objectives of this work are: 1/to estimate the frequency of a positive glucose breath test in favour of a small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in a population of patients consulting for gaz incontinence by comparison to a population of control subjects; 2/to estimate versus a conventional treatment the efficiency of an antibiotic treatment; in case of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth diagnosed by the glucose breath test, to improve gaz incontinence

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Gaz incontinence for more than 3 months * Afflilied to national health security * Having read and sign the information letter and consent form Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * use of antibiotics, probiotics, IPP for less tha n 3 months * past of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth * ischemic, inflammatory colitis,colo-rectal cancer * diabetes * allergy to metronidazole * psychiatric disease * patients who do not speak or read french

What they're measuring

number of gaz incontinence episodes

Timeframe: 3 days before randomization and treatement and 3 days after 10 days of treatment (antibiotic or conventionnal treatment

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01275560

SponsorUniversity Hospital, Rouen

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2015-06

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