Tolerance of Long Term Administration of Forlax® 10g in Elderly Ambulatory or Institutionalized Patients Suffering From Chronic Constipation. Single Blind Randomised Lactulose-controlled Study With Individual Expected Benefit.
Tolerance of Long Term Administration of Forlax® 10g in Elderly Ambulatory or Institutionalized Patients Suffering From Chronic Constipation. Single Blind Randomised Lactulose-controlled Study With Individual Expected Benefit.
The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the tolerance of long term repeated doses of Forlax® 10g versus lactulose in elderly ambulatory or institutionalized patients, paying special attention to digestive and nutritional status.
Inclusion Criteria:
Institutionalized patients (in a medical care ward) for at least 3 months, or ambulatory patients
Suffering from chronic constipation defined as:
patient has less than 3 stools during 7 consecutive days of the screening wash-out period
Exclusion Criteria:
La Verenne, 44270, France
Niort-Souche, 79000, France
Ste Marie En Ré, 17740, France