# Trial to Evaluate Effect of Lactulose on Hard Stools in Patients With Hemorrhoids or Anal Fissures

> **NCT00160290** · PHASE4 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Solvay Pharmaceuticals** · enrollment: 97 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Hemorrhoids
- Anal Fissures

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Lactulose
- **DRUG:** Plantago ovata

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00160290
- **Lead sponsor:** Solvay Pharmaceuticals
- **Sponsor class:** INDUSTRY
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2002-03
- **Primary completion:** 2006-06
- **Final completion:** 2006-06
- **Target enrollment:** 97 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** This trial discontinued on 30 JUN 2006 due to a lack of enrolment
- **Last updated:** 2008-05-06


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00160290

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00160290, "Trial to Evaluate Effect of Lactulose on Hard Stools in Patients With Hemorrhoids or Anal Fissures". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00160290. Licensed CC0.

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