Active clinical trials for "Intestinal Diseases"

Broad - to examine the result of feeding RS to 3-5 year old rural Malawian children on zinc homeostasis and environmental enteropathy (EE). Specific - To measure zinc status using a dual zinc stable isotope assay before and after administering resistant starch (RS) in 20 children. To measure intestinal function using a site-specific sugar absorption test before and after administering RS in 20 children. To determine the relationship between RS and zinc homeostasis. To determine the relationship between RS and environmental enteropathy.

In this pilot study, the investigators examined whether a relaxation response mind-body intervention could be effectively delivered to mixed groups of IBS and IBD patients and determined the effects of the intervention on quality of life, inflammatory markers, and gene expression using transcriptional profiling.

This is a double-blind, randomized, parallel group, dose ranging study of subcutaneous methylnaltrexone to be conducted in patients with advanced medical illness and poorly controlled opioid induced constipation. Patients will be randomized to one of three fixed dose levels of SC MNTX.

The primary purpose of the study is to compare the efficacy and safety of influenza vaccine in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) receiving immunosuppressive therapy with patients not receiving immunosuppressants . The main objective of the study is to evaluate the humoral immunogenicity of influenza vaccination in patients with IBD

The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of lubiprostone administration in patients with Opioid-induced Bowel Dysfunction.

Children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have high rates of depressive symptoms and more trouble with daily functioning than those without physical illness. The proposed study will investigate if cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is better than supportive therapy (SNDT) in reducing emotional distress and improving functioning in youth ages 9-17 with Crohn's disease or Ulcerative Colitis and depression. This study will also assess the effect of CBT on IBD-related factors such as disease severity, medication adherence, and physical-health related quality of life. Hypothesis - Individuals who receive CBT will show more improvement than individuals who receive SNDT.

The most common long-term problems after rectal surgery are bowel problems. These problems can include needing to pass bowel movements a lot, loose or mushy stools, inability to fully clear your bowels, and/or poor control of gas and stool. The investigators believe that a major cause of these problems is too much bacteria in the bowel and treatment with antibiotic tablets will hopefully help improve these bowel problems. In order to test this idea, the Colorectal Surgery Service of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is sponsoring a clinical trial. This trial will compare the antibiotic rifaximin and a placebo (a harmless tablet that has no effect) in the treatment of these bowel problems. Following this we will attempt to see if another antibiotic metronidazole also helps to treat these bowel problems. Both Metronidazole and rifaximin are well established drugs that have minimal side effects.

The primary purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of lubiprostone administration in subjects with Opioid-induced Bowel Dysfunction.

Since the duration of most studies with IV iron in IBD subjects have been only 4-12 weeks studies there is a need to follow-up on long term safety and efficacy of any maintenance iron therapy. This study represents subjects from the Lead-in Study (P-Monofer-IBD-01) on iron isomaltoside 1000 (Monofer®) to assess the long term safety of iron isomaltoside 1000 (Monofer®) and its ability to maintain stable haemoglobin in IBD subjects with Iron Deficiency Anaemia (IDA).

The purpose of this study is to investigate the therapeutic effectiveness of high-dose zinc therapy and de-worming albendazole as separate interventions in restoring normal gut absorptive and immunological function as measured by the dual sugar permeability test and additional biomarkers in 1-3 year old rural Malawian children at high risk for Environmental Enteropathy.