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Chronic Diarrhoea of Infants and/or Young ChildrenNCT05904938

Oral Administration of Actitan-F in Paediatric Diarrhoea

A study testing Lenodiar Pediatric in people with Chronic Diarrhoea of Infants and/or Young Children, run by Aboca Spa Societa' Agricola at 12 sites in Italy.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

Official record
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Trial summary

The goal of the study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of Lenodiar Pediatric (product under investigation) for the treatment of Chronic Diarrhoea (functional or post-infective diarrhoea) in children aged 1-5 years old, through a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled clinical investigation Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 1 year to 5 years
What is being tested?
Lenodiar Pediatric
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
136 participants
Where
12 sitesItaly
Study dates
10 Jul 2023to 31 Dec 2024
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 1 year to 5 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • Children of either sex aged between 1-5 years (inclusive);
  • Diagnosis of chronic diarrhoea due to the following conditions:
  • Functional gastrointestinal disorder fulfilling Rome IV Criteria*
  • or
  • Functional gastrointestinal disorder fulfilling modified Rome IV Criteria **
  • or
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  • Post-infectious diarrea with daily painless, recurrent passage of three or more large, unformed stools
  • Parents/legal guardians*** availability to fill on a daily basis the electronic daily diary by a smartphone/tablet.
  • Parents/legal guardians have given a written informed consent for participation in the investigation at the time of enrolment or before. The parent/legal guardian should also have agreed to bring the child for the visits scheduled in the protocol and to provide the requested information during the telephonic follow-up visit;
  • Parents/legal guardian able to understand the full nature and the purpose of the investigation, including possible risks and side effects, able to cooperate with the Investigator and to comply with the requirements of the entire investigation (ability to attend all the planned investigation visits according to the time limits included) based on Investigator's judgement;
  • Willingness not to make diet and lifestyle significant changes during the trial.
  • Rome IV criteria of functional diarrhoea (Neonate and Toddlers below 5 years), must include all of the following:
  • Daily painless, recurrent passage of four or more large, unformed stools
  • Symptoms last more than 4 weeks
  • Onset between 6 and 60 months of age
  • No failure-to-thrive if caloric intake is adequate
  • Modified Rome IV criteria of functional diarrhoea (Neonate and Toddlers below 5 years), must include all of the following:
  • Daily painless, recurrent passage of three or more large, unformed stools
  • Symptoms last more than 2 weeks (Nelson Pediatric Texbook 21st Edition, Chronic diarrhea)
  • Onset between 6 and 60 months of age
  • No failure-to-thrive if caloric intake is adequate
  • These criteria have been modified in order to align the study to the functional diarrhoea condition in the real life.
  • Parent is the child's biological or adoptive parent. Legal guardian is defined as an individual who was authorized under applicable state or local law to consent on behalf of a child to general medical care, when general medical care includes participation in research. A guardian also meant an individual who was authorized to consent on behalf of a child to participate in research.

Who cannot join

  • Carbohydrate malabsorption, diagnosed either clinically (2 weeks exclusion diet with resolution of symptoms) or with proper testing (breath test)*;
  • Patients with any of the following chronic gastrointestinal disorders: inflammatory bowel disease, pancreatitis, chronic liver disease, eosinophilic oesophagitis, peptic ulcer disease, celiac disease, pseudo-obstruction, small bowel bacterial overgrowth, or Hirschsprung's disease
  • Significant chronic health condition requiring specialty care (e.g., lithiasis, ureteropelvic junction obstruction, sickle cell, cerebral palsy, hepatic, hematopoietic, renal, endocrine, or metabolic diseases) that could potentially impact the child's ability to participate or confound the results of the investigation;
  • Gastrointestinal blood loss;
  • Recurrent or unexplained fevers;
  • Developmental disabilities impairing ability to understand or communicate;
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  • History of hypersensitivity or allergy to investigational product;
  • History of previous abdominal surgeries in the past 3 months;
  • Known hypersensitivity to any of the components (active ingredients or excipients) of the investigational product;
  • Conditions known to producing immunodeficiency (AIDS, other congenital immunodeficiency syndromes, drugs therapy with steroids, anticancer drugs, etc.);
  • Patients who have received any of the following treatments within the 2 weeks before the baseline visit:
  • Agents specially developed for achieving adsorbing properties, e.g. kaolin, pectin, bismuth subsalicylate;
  • Treatments that modify intestinal secretions, e.g. racecadotril;
  • Treatments that modify intestinal motility, e.g. opiates, anti-cholinergic agents;
  • Systemic Antibiotics;
  • Antiemetic agents.
  • Patients who have received probiotics and prebiotics within the 1 week before the baseline visit, unless they have been taken at stable dose (the use of probiotics and prebiotics in dairy food such as yoghurt, cheese, milk prior to the investigation is permitted);
  • Parents/legal guardians' refusal or inability to give written informed consent to participate in the investigation;
  • Parents/legal guardians who, in the opinion of the Investigator, are unable to fill up the electronic patient diary;
  • Patients who have participated in any other clinical trial in the last 3 months prior to the start of the investigation.
  • Applicable only for patients with Functional gastrointestinal disorder fulfilling Rome IV Criteria.

Trial locations and contacts

12 sites in 1 country.

Luca Franceschini, Ph. D contact

+39 3386794491

lfranceschini@aboca.it

12 sites in 1 country

Italy12 sites, 12 recruiting
  • ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII

    Bergamo

    Naire Sansotta, Dr

    Recruiting
  • Azienda Ospedaliera Cannizzaro, UOC Pediatria e PS Pediatrico

    Catania, 95126

    Antonella Di Stefano, Professor, +39957264334, vitantonelladistefano@gmail.com

    Recruiting
  • Policlinico "SS. Annunziata" Clinica Pediatrica Via dei Vestini, Località colle dell'Ara 66100, Chieti

    Chieti

    Francesco Chiarelli, Professor, chiarelli@unich.it

    Recruiting
  • IRCCS AOU Meyer SOC Gastroenterologia e Nutrizione, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini 24

    Florence, 50139

    Paolo Lionetti, Professor, paolo.lionetti@unifi.it

    Recruiting
  • Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Santi Paolo e Carlo Presidio San Carlo, Ambulatorio di Gastroenterologia Pediatrica

    Milan, 20135

    Diana Ghisleni, Professor, +02/8184.4171, diana.ghisleni@asst-santipaolocarlo.it

    Recruiting
  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria "Federico II",

    Naples, Italia, 80131

    Annamaria Staiano, Professor, +39817462679, staiano@unina.it

    Recruiting
  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria- Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", I Clinica Pediatrica

    Naples, 80138

    Caterina Strisciuglio, Professor, 081 566 5445, caterina.strisciuglio@unicampania.it

    Recruiting
  • ARNAS Ospedale Civico e Benfratelli G Cristina e M Ascoli, Pediatria ad Indirizzo Gastroenterologico

    Palermo, 90134

    Francesca Cavataio, Professor, +39916666197, francesca.cavataio@arnascivico.it

    Not yet recruiting
  • Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pediatria

    Pavia, 27100

    Silvia Maria Elena Caimmi, Professor, +390382502923, gl.marseglia@smatteo.pv.it

    Recruiting
  • Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia

    Perugia

    Rita Cozzali, Dr

    Not yet recruiting
  • Ospedale San Jacopo di Pistoia, SOC Pediatria

    Pistoia, 51100

    Rino Agostiniani, Professor, +39573367379, rinoagostiniani@gmail.com

    Recruiting
  • U.O. di Gastroenterologia e Riabilitazione Nutrizionale Ospedale Pediatrico Bambin Gesu Piazza S. Onofrio, 4 00165, Roma

    Roma

    Antonella Diamanti, Professor, antonella.diamanti@opbg.net

    Not yet recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Efficacy and Safety of Oral Administration of the Plant-based Complex Actitan-F in the Management of Chronic Paediatric Diarrhoea: a Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Investigation

The goal of the study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of Lenodiar Pediatric (product under investigation) for the treatment of Chronic Diarrhoea (functional or post-infective diarrhoea) in children aged 1-5 years old, through a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled clinical investigation

Being tested
Lenodiar Pediatric, Placebo

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Lenodiar PediatricDevice

    Medical Device made of natural substance

  • PlaceboOther

    Product appearance similar to verum without clinical efficacy

Study groups in NCT05904938
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Lenodiar PediatricExperimentalMedical Device
Receives: Device: Lenodiar Pediatric
PlaceboPlacebo comparatorPlacebo
Receives: Other: Placebo

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change from baseline in stool consistency averaged over the 2-week Treatment Period

    Stool consistency will be assessed using the Bristol Stool Form Scale (BSFS) on a range from 1 (Hard Lumps) to 7 (Watery).

    Measured: Up to 2 weeks vs Baseline

Secondary outcomes (26)
  1. Change for daily daytime and nighttime stool consistency scores

    Change for daily daytime and nighttime stool consistency scores assessed using the Bristol Stool Form Scale (BSFS) on a range from 1 (Hard Lumps) to 7 (Watery).

    Measured: (Week1 to Week4) vs Baseline

  2. Change for 24-hour abdominal pain scores

    Abdominal Pain is scored on a five-point ordinal scale, with 0 meaning no pain, and 4 meaning a lot of pain.

    Measured: (Week1 to Week4) vs Baseline

  3. Change for daytime, nighttime, and 24-hour bowel movement frequency

    Change for daytime, nighttime, and 24-hour bowel movement frequency

    Measured: (Week1 to Week4) vs Baseline

  4. Change for daytime, nighttime, and 24-hour urgency-free days

    Change for daytime, nighttime, and 24-hour urgency-free days (only for patients who have removed the diaper and have received training toilet)

    Measured: (Week1 to Week4) vs Baseline

  5. Time to event, with the event defined as the first week in which a reduction ≥50% of loose or watery stools as compared to baseline occurs.

    Time to event is defined as the time elapsed (days) from the date of randomization to the date of the first week in which a reduction ≥50% of loose or watery stools as compared to baseline occurs. This endpoint will be assessed through electronic diary.

    Measured: through study completion, an average of 4 weeks

  6. Use of other treatments (proportion of users) for diarrhea relief, evaluated by means of the electronic patient diaries;

    Use of other treatments (proportion of users and quantity) for diarrhea relief, evaluated through a electronic patient diaries;

    Measured: through study completion, an average of 4 weeks

  7. Use of other treatments (quantity of other treatments) for diarrhea relief, evaluated by means of the electronic patient diaries;

    Use of other treatments (proportion of users and quantity) for diarrhea relief, evaluated through a electronic patient diaries;

    Measured: through study completion, an average of 4 weeks

  8. Change in results of the Pediatric Quality of Life Questionnaires

    Change in results of the Pediatric Quality of Life Questionnaires assessed through a validated questionnaire

    Measured: Visit 1 (day 14); Visit 2 (day 28);

  9. Change in results of the patient happiness using a weekly smiley likert scale

    Parents/legal guardians will report, on a weekly basis, the happiness of the patients using a smiley face likert scale (Very happy; Happy; Slightly happy; Neutral; Slightly unhappy)

    Measured: through study completion, an average of 4 weeks

  10. Change in results in parent Quality of Life (100 mm VAS)

    Change in results in parent Quality of Life using a 100 mm Visual Analogie Scale, ranging from "0" (corresponds to a quality of life "very low") and the value "100" (corresponds to a quality of life "very high")

    Measured: Baseline to Visit 1 (day 14) and Visit 2 (day 28) and Visit 1 (day 14) to Visit 2 (day 28)

  11. Time to event, with the event defined as the first day in which loose or watery stools are not observed.

    Time to event is defined as the time elapsed (days) from the date of randomization to the date of the first day in which loose or watery stools are not observed.

    Measured: through study completion, an average of 4 weeks

  12. Change in patients' lifestyle

    Change in patients' lifestyle assessed through a lifestyle questionnaire

    Measured: Baseline to Visit 1 (day 14) and Visit 2 (day 28) and Visit 1 (day 14) to Visit 2 (day 28)

  13. Time to event, with the event defined as the third day of the first consecutive three days in which diagnostic criteria for chronic diarrhoea are no more met.

    Time to event is defined as the time elapsed (days) from the date of randomization to the date of the third of the first consecutive three days in which diagnostic criteria for chronic diarrhoea are no more met

    Measured: through study completion, an average of 4 weeks

  14. Change from baseline in stool consistency at day 3, day 7 and day 10.

    Change from baseline in stool consistency at day 3, day 7 and day 10. Stool consistency will be assessed using the Bristol Stool Form Scale (BSFS) on a range from 1 (Hard Lumps) to 7 (Watery).

    Measured: Baseline to day 3, day 7 and day 10

  15. Adverse Event

    Incidence of adverse events (AEs)

    Measured: through study completion, an average of 4 weeks

  16. Serious Adverse Event

    Incidence of serious adverse events (SAEs)

    Measured: through study completion, an average of 4 weeks

  17. Adverse device effects

    Incidence of adverse device effects (ADEs)

    Measured: through study completion, an average of 4 weeks

  18. Serious adverse device effects

    Incidence of a serious adverse device effects (SADEs)

    Measured: through study completion, an average of 4 weeks

  19. Unexpected serious adverse device effects

    Incidence of unexpected serious adverse device effects (USADEs)

    Measured: through study completion, an average of 4 weeks

  20. Early withdrawal rate due to AEs

    Incidence of early withdrawal rate due to AEs, whether serious or not

    Measured: through study completion, an average of 4 weeks

  21. Safety Endpoints - early withdrawal rate due to ADEs

    Incidence of early withdrawal rate due to ADEs, whether serious or not.

    Measured: through study completion, an average of 4 weeks

  22. Systolic/diastolic blood pressure

    Change from baseline in clinical examination findings (systolic/diastolic blood pressure)

    Measured: Baseline to Visit 1 (day 14) and Visit 2 (day 28) and Visit 1 (day 14) to Visit 2 (day 28)

  23. Pulse

    Change from baseline in clinical examination findings (pulse)

    Measured: Baseline to Visit 1 (day 14) and Visit 2 (day 28) and Visit 1 (day 14) to Visit 2 (day 28)

  24. Weight

    Change from baseline in clinical examination findings (weight)

    Measured: Baseline to Visit 1 (day 14) and Visit 2 (day 28) and Visit 1 (day 14) to Visit 2 (day 28)

  25. Body Mass Index

    Change from baseline in clinical examination findings (Body Mass Index)

    Measured: Baseline to Visit 1 (day 14) and Visit 2 (day 28) and Visit 1 (day 14) to Visit 2 (day 28)

  26. Waist circumference

    Change from baseline in clinical examination findings (waist circumference)

    Measured: Baseline to Visit 1 (day 14) and Visit 2 (day 28) and Visit 1 (day 14) to Visit 2 (day 28)

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted15 Jun 2023
  2. Study start10 Jul 2023
  3. Primary completion31 Dec 2024 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 Dec 2024 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Quadruple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
136 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05904938
Sponsor's protocol ID
ABO-LENP-01/22
Status last verified
Jun 2023
First submitted
16 Mar 2023
Last updated
7 May 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Lenodiar Pediatric in people with Chronic Diarrhoea of Infants and/or Young Children, run by Aboca Spa Societa' Agricola at 12 sites in Italy.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 23 inclusion and 21 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 May 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 12 sites in Italy. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Luca Franceschini, Ph. D (+39 3386794491, lfranceschini@aboca.it), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Change from baseline in stool consistency averaged over the 2-week Treatment Period (time frame: Up to 2 weeks vs Baseline). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 May 2024.

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