The Impact of High-Fiber Liquid Diets on Bowel Movements and Bowel Management in Individuals with Chronic Constipation

The Impact of High-Fiber Liquid Diets on Bowel Movements and Bowel Management in Individuals with Chronic Constipation - The Impact of High-Fiber Liquid Diets on Patients with Chronic Constipation

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000051102

Enrollment

Registered

2023-05-19

Start date

2023-05-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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

Conditions

Chronic constipation

Interventions

Using ISOCAL Fibecare for 8 weeks Using Meibalance 1.5 for 8 weeks

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Long-term hospitalized patients who have been bedridden for more than 6 months 2.Patients who have difficulty defecating on their own 3.Patients over 20 years of age, regardless of gender 4.Patients who have been on enteral feeding with Maibalance 1.5 for at least 4 weeks prior to obtaining consent 5.Patients diagnosed with functional constipation according to Rome IV diagnostic criteria for chronic constipation 6.Patients with written consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients with or suspected of having organic constipation, functional ileus, or inguinal hernia 2.Patients deemed inappropriate as study subjects by the principal investigator

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The change in the number of normal bowel movements from the baseline (the two weeks before the intervention) to 6-8 weeks (2 weeks) after the intervention.	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactKurumi Takahashi

IMS Yokohama Higashi-Totsuka Comprehensive Rehabilitation Hospital Dietetics department

sth-eiyouka@ims.gr.jp045-822-4151

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026