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Evaluation of Lactosectan versus placebo to compare the effectiveness and safety in treating adult patients with intolerance to certain foods, primarily lactose intolerance

A double blind-cross-over, parallel, randomized, multicenter study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of LTS035 (Lactosectan) vs placebo in adult subjects with intolerance to certain foods, primarily lactose intolerant

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN18410689
Enrollment
60
Registered
2021-12-16
Start date
2017-02-09
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-01-16

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Lactose intolerance Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Lactose intolerance

Interventions

Subjects meeting all eligibility criteria will be randomized using a 1:1 ratio (Lactosectan: placebo) based on the randomization sequence and documented in the study file. Group A wil

Sponsors

Novintethical Pharma SA
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 18 to 64 years with a current or recently reported history of dairy intolerance of at least 1-month duration 2. Caucasian race 3. Willing to sign the informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant or breastfeeding women 2. Unwilling to sign the informed consent form 3. Allergy to one of the product ingredients 4. Cannot to come to the study visits 5. Patients with celiac disease 6. Patients with gastroenteritis 7. Patients with Crohn’s disease 8. Using lactase enzyme tablets or drops 9. Used antibiotics in the last 4 weeks 10. Used laxatives in the last 2 weeks 11. Laxatives used for a colonoscopy within the last 2 weeks 12. Diabetic patients

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Efficacy evaluated in terms of: 1. Tolerability of food intake assessed using a daily journal kept for the entire period of the study treatment 2. Symptom reduction (bloating, distension, pain) assessed by the Likert scale using a daily journal kept for the entire period of the study treatment 3. Speed of action assessed using the hydrogen breath test (HBT) on V2 (day 1 of treatment), V3 (day 2 of treatment), V4 (end of first-line treatment and crossover) to V5 (after cross-over the first day of the second-line treatment)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The safety of the LTS035 study formulation evaluated by monitoring the occurrence of undesirable effects reported by the patient or observed by the physician during the whole study period

Countries

Romania

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026