Clareo Health | A Safety and Efficacy Study of a Range of Linaclotide Doses Administered Orally to Children Ages 6-17 Years Who Fulfill Modified Rome III Criteria for Child/Adolescent Functional Constipation (FC)
A Safety and Efficacy Study of a Range of Linaclotide Doses Administered Orally to Children Ages 6-17 Years Who Fulfill Modified Rome III Criteria for Child/Adolescent Functional Constipation (FC)
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Lead
Forest Laboratories
With
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Age
6–17
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Participant weighs at least 18 kg (kilograms) (39.7 lbs)
Participant meets modified Rome III criteria for child/adolescent FC: For at least 2 months before the Screening Visit, the participant has had 2 or fewer defecations (with each defecation occurring in the absence of any laxative, suppository, or enema use during the preceding 24 hours) in the toilet per week. In addition, at least once per week, patient meets 1 or more of the following:
a) History of retentive posturing or excessive volitional stool retention
b) History of painful or hard bowel movements (BMs)
c) Presence of a large faecal mass in the rectum
d) History of large diameter stools that may obstruct the toilet
e) At least one episode of fecal incontinence per week
Participant is willing to discontinue any laxatives used before the Pretreatment Visit in favor of the protocol-permitted rescue medicine
Participant has an average of fewer than 3 spontaneous BMs (SBMs) per week during the 14 days before the randomization day and up to the randomization. An SBM is defined as a BM that occurs in the absence of laxative, enema, or suppository use on the calendar day of the BM or the calendar day before the BM
Participant or participant/guardian/legally authorized representative (LAR) or caregiver is compliant with electronic diary (eDiary) by completing both the morning and evening assessments for 10 out of the 14 days immediately preceding the Randomization Visit
You may not be if
Participant meets Rome III criteria for Child/Adolescent irritable bowel syndrome (IBS): At least once per week for at least 2 months before the Screening Visit, the participant has experienced abdominal discomfort (an uncomfortable sensation not described as pain) or pain associated with 2 or more of the following at least 25% of the time:
1\. Improvement with defecation
2\. Onset associated with a change in frequency of stool
3\. Onset associated with a change in form (appearance) of stool
Participant reports having more than 1 loose, mushy stool (eDiary-recorded stool consistency of 6 on the Pediatric Bristol Stool Form Scale \[p-BSFS\]) or any watery stool (eDiary-recorded stool consistency of 7 on the p-BSFS) with any SBM that occurred in the absence of laxative use on the calendar day of the BM or the calendar day before the BM during the 14 days before the randomization day and up to the randomization
Select medical history or conditions that may be related to other causes of constipation or may interfere with safety and efficacy analyses
Participant has required manual or hospital-based disimpassion any time prior to randomization
Participant is unable to tolerate the placebo during the Screening Period
