2000 patients join effort to unravel mysteries of stomach and gut disorders
NCT ID NCT04918329
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is following 2000 adults with functional digestive disorders like irritable bowel syndrome, dyspepsia, and constipation. Researchers will collect medical data and biological samples (biopsies, blood, urine, stool) during routine care. The goal is to find markers that could lead to better diagnosis and personalized treatments for these common but poorly understood conditions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors better diagnose and personalize treatment for common digestive problems like IBS and dyspepsia.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It collects information but does not test a new therapy, so direct patient benefits are uncertain.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 2,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2020
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients with functional digestive disorders consulting in our centre functional digestive disorders whether or not they are sequelae of an organic pathology.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients over 18 years of age; * Patients with functional digestive disorder for more of 3 months; * Patients assessed as part of routine care; * Patients affiliated to the Social Security ; * Patients not opposed to participation in the Centre Exclusion Criteria: * Person deprived of liberty by administrative or judicial decision or major protected subject (under guardianship or curatorship); * Patients unable for any reason to read, understand, respond questionnaires (visual, psychiatric, cognitive, etc.)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Physiology Unit, Hopital Charles Nicolle, 1 rue de Germont
RECRUITINGRouen, 76031, France
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