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(with 0 = no symptom and 100 = severe symptoms).'}], 'secondaryOutcomes': [{'measure': 'Change in Methane From Baseline', 'timeFrame': 'Baseline (Day 0) and Final Visit (Day 44)', 'description': 'Methane output was reported as methane in parts per million (ppm) on breath test:\n\nSubjects fast for 12 h prior to a breath sample. Breath samples were collected via a Quintron dual bag collecting system and analyzed using a BreathTracker SC. Output was reported as methane in parts per million (ppm) after correction for alveolar sample quality using breath CO2 concentration.'}]}, 'oversightModule': {'oversightHasDmc': True}, 'conditionsModule': {'keywords': ['Constipation predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome'], 'conditions': ['Constipation-predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome']}, 'referencesModule': {'references': [{'pmid': '17043337', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Pimentel M, Park S, Mirocha J, Kane SV, Kong Y. The effect of a nonabsorbed oral antibiotic (rifaximin) on the symptoms of the irritable bowel syndrome: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2006 Oct 17;145(8):557-63. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-145-8-200610170-00004.'}, {'pmid': '16832617', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Pimentel M, Chatterjee S, Chow EJ, Park S, Kong Y. Neomycin improves constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome in a fashion that is dependent on the presence of methane gas: subanalysis of a double-blind randomized controlled study. Dig Dis Sci. 2006 Aug;51(8):1297-301. doi: 10.1007/s10620-006-9104-6. Epub 2006 Jul 11.'}]}, 'descriptionModule': {'briefSummary': 'In this study the investigators aim to compare the efficacy of neomycin to a combination of rifaximin and neomycin in the treatment of C-IBS subjects with methane on their breath test. 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