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A Safety and Efficacy Study of a Range of Linaclotide Doses Administered Orally to Children Ages 6-17 Years Who Fulfill Modified Rome III Criteria for Child/Adolescent Functional Constipation (FC)
ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02559570
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Official title
A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group, Safety and Efficacy Study of a Range of Linaclotide Doses Administered Orally to Children, Ages 6 to 17 Years, Who Fulfill Modified Rome III Criteria for Child/Adolescent Functional Constipation (FC)
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02559570
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Lead sponsor
- Forest Laboratories
- Industry
- Enrollment
- 173 participants
Conditions and interventions
Interventions
- LIN 145 µg Drug
- LIN Dose A Drug
- LIN Dose B Drug
- LIN Dose C Drug
- Placebo Drug
Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 6 Years to 17 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not listed
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 2, 2015
- Primary completion
- Apr 19, 2018
- Completion
- May 28, 2018
- Last update posted
- Jun 18, 2019
2015 – 2018
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 60
- U.S. states
- 27
- U.S. cities
- 54
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HealthStar Research, LLC | Hot Springs | Arkansas | 71913 | — |
| Applied Research Center of Arkansas | Little Rock | Arkansas | 72212 | — |
| Advanced Research Center | Anaheim | California | 92805 | — |
| Kindred Medical Institute for Clinical Trials, LLC | Corona | California | 92879 | — |
| WCCT Global, LLC | Costa Mesa | California | 92626 | — |
| Ark Clinical Research | Long Beach | California | 90806 | — |
| ACTCA, Inc | Los Angeles | California | 90017 | — |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | Los Angeles | California | 90017 | — |
| Orange County Research Institute | Ontario | California | 91762 | — |
| Center for Clinical Trials, LLC | Paramount | California | 90723 | — |
| UCSD Rady Children's Hospital | San Diego | California | 92123 | — |
| University of California at San Francisco | San Francisco | California | 94143 | — |
| Ventura Clinical Trials | Ventura | California | 93003 | — |
| Colorado Springs Health Partners, HCP-Clinical Research, LLC | Colorado Springs | Colorado | 80922 | — |
| Nova Southeastern University | Fort Lauderdale | Florida | 33314 | — |
| Homestead Research Institute | Homestead | Florida | 33030 | — |
| RM Medical Research | Homestead | Florida | 33030 | — |
| Advanced Medical Research Center | Miami | Florida | 33135 | — |
| SCORE Physician Alliance, LLC | St. Petersburg | Florida | 33710 | — |
| Children's Center for Digestive Health Care LLC | Atlanta | Georgia | 30342 | — |
| Sleepcare Clinical Research Institute | Stockbridge | Georgia | 30281 | — |
| Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46202 | — |
| Heartland Research Associates, LLC | Wichita | Kansas | 67205 | — |
| Kentucky Pediatric/ Adult Research | Bardstown | Kentucky | 40004 | — |
| Kosair Children's Hospital - Pediatric Clinical Research Unit | Louisville | Kentucky | 40202 | — |
| Michael W. Simon, MD, PSC | Nicholasville | Kentucky | 40356 | — |
| Willis-Knighton Physician Network | Shreveport | Louisiana | 71118 | — |
| University of Maryland Children's Hospital | Baltimore | Maryland | 21201 | — |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston | Massachusetts | 02114 | — |
| University Of Minnesota | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 55455 | — |
| GI Associates and Endoscopy Center | Jackson | Mississippi | 39232 | — |
| Craig A. Speigel, MD | Bridgeton | Missouri | 63044 | — |
| Midwest Children Health Research Institute | Lincoln | Nebraska | 68505 | — |
| Midwest Children Health Research Institute | Lincoln | Nebraska | 68516 | — |
| Goryeb Children's Hospital | Morristown | New Jersey | 07962 | — |
| Columbia University Medical Center and Morgan Stanley | New York | New York | 10032 | — |
| Asheboro Research Associates | Asheboro | North Carolina | 27203 | — |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | 27599 | — |
| Capital Pediatrics and Adolescent Center PLLC | Raleigh | North Carolina | 27609 | — |
| Ohio Pediatric Research Association | Dayton | Ohio | 45414 | — |
| IPS Research Company | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | 73103 | — |
| Pediatric Care Specialists | Johnstown | Pennsylvania | 15904 | — |
| St. Christopher's Hospital for Children | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19134 | — |
| Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15224 | — |
| Preferred Primary Care Physicians, Inc. | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15236 | — |
| Frontier Clinical Research, LLC | Scottdale | Pennsylvania | 15683 | — |
| Montgomery Medical Inc. | Smithfield | Pennsylvania | 15478 | — |
| Rhode Island Hospital | Providence | Rhode Island | 02903 | — |
| Coastal Pediatric Research | Charleston | South Carolina | 29414 | — |
| Coastal Pediatrics Associates | Mt. Pleasant | South Carolina | 29464 | — |
| Cook Children's Medical Center | Fort Worth | Texas | 76104 | — |
| Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College Medicine | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
| Houston Clinical Research Associates | Houston | Texas | 77090 | — |
| Sun Research Institute | San Antonio | Texas | 78215 | — |
| Southwest Children's Research Associates, P.A. | San Antonio | Texas | 78229 | — |
| ClinPoint Trials | Waxahachie | Texas | 75165 | — |
| Foothill Family Clinic South / J. Lewis Research, Inc. | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84121 | — |
| Pediatric Specialists of Virginia | Fairfax | Virginia | 22031 | — |
| Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Pediatric | Roanoke | Virginia | 24013 | — |
| Seattle Children's Hospital | Seattle | Washington | 98105 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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