Fat injection for severe bowel leakage using a placebo comparison
Part of Digestive system clinical trials.
This study tests whether injecting your own body fat around the anal muscle area can reduce severe fecal (bowel) leakage compared with a placebo (fake) treatment. It’s designed to be safe and more effective than doing nothing, with participants getting both treatments in a cross-over design.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years old or older.
- You have severe fecal incontinence, with at least one leakage episode per week.
- You have already tried rehab and diet changes, but they didn’t work.
- You cannot have, declined, or had a problem with sacral nerve stimulation (a nerve implant treatment for this condition).
- You can get regular follow-up and evaluations during the study, and you can safely have general anesthesia.
- You are able to use effective birth control during the study if you could become pregnant.
- You are not taking blood thinners/antiplatelet medicines and have no major bleeding/clotting problems.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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