A Post Marketing Surveillance Study on the Safety and Effectiveness of Prucalopride in the Treatment of Chronic Constipation

Launched by JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA · Sep 20, 2012

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ClinConnect Summary

This is a 12-week open label (all people know the identity of the intervention), multi-center, prospective (the patients are identified and then followed forward in time for the outcome of the study) observational study assessing the safety and effectiveness of prucalopride among Filipino patients with chronic constipation. Chronic constipation is a condition in which bowel movements are infrequent or incomplete for a prolonged time. The use of prucalopride should be used in accordance with the approved product label and will follow the normal medical practice of the investigators. Patients...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Diagnosis of chronic constipation by history and physical examination, including rectal exam
• • History of chronic constipation not satisfied with laxatives
• • Patient reports, on average, 2 or fewer spontaneous bowel movements (SBMs) per week and 1 or more of the following for the last three months: very hard (little balls) and/or hard stools in more than 25% of bowel movements (BMs); sensation of incomplete evacuation in more than 25% of BMs; straining at defecation in more than 25% of BMs; sensation of ano-rectal obstruction or blockade in more than 25% of BMs; a need for digital manipulation to facilitate evacuation in more than 25% of BMs
• • Females of childbearing potential agree to use highly effective contraceptive methods
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Renal impairment requiring dialysis
• • Secondary chronic constipation and organic gastrointestinal (GI) disorders
• • Intestinal perforation / obstruction due to structural or functional disorder of the gut wall, obstructive ileus, severe inflammatory condition of the intestinal tract such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, toxic megacolon / rectum
• • Hypersensitive to Prucalopride or to any of its components
• • Patients receiving concomitant drugs known to cause QTc prolongation
• • Pregnant or lactating