Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:49 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:49 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00189033
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients aged 18-65 years presenting to their General Practitioner (GP) with either incident IBS symptoms or with a relapse of pre-existing IBS as well as patients with a prior GP diagnosis of IBS and currently experiencing symptoms are eligible for the study. Patients will be stratified in two equally large patients groups of (a) 'definite' IBS, according to the Rome II diagnostic criteria, and (b) 'probable' IBS, pragmatically diagnosed with IBS by their GP.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients treated with fibre in the prior 4 weeks
* Patients with alarm symptoms i.e. abnormalities at physical examination, fever, weight loss, rectal bleeding, acute abdominal pain
* Patient with fibre intolerance
* Patients treated for Irritable Bowel Syndrome by a specialist in the prior 48 months
* Patients with active psychiatric disorder requiring medication
* Patients not able to fill out the questionnaires
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
65 Years
Study:
NCT00189033
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00189033