New device aims to ease bathroom troubles for millions
NCT ID NCT05773742
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a low-volume irrigation device (Qufora IrriSedo MiniGo) in 92 adults with fecal incontinence, chronic constipation, or both. Participants used the device at home to see if it improved bowel function and daily life. The goal was to find a simple, non-drug option for managing these common but distressing conditions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Qufora IrriSedo MiniGo (low-volume irrigation device)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, at-home option to manage bowel symptoms and improve daily life for people with fecal incontinence or chronic constipation.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study without a control group, so results may not apply to everyone. The device may not work for all types of bowel problems.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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92 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- 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.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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 with FI, CC or co-existing FI and CC of heterogenous origin. * Positive Rome IV criteria for constipation and/or positive Rome IV criteria for fecal incontinence. * Patients with Bristol stool type 1-5 as their primary stool consistency. * 18 years. * Ability to understand written and spoken Danish (due to questionnaire validity). Exclusion Criteria: * Prior use of transanal irrigation or mini enema. * Patients with chronic diarrhea (Bristol stool type 6-7). * Patients with neurogenic bowel dysfunction. * Participation in research conflicting with the current study. * Diseases treated with rectal or anal surgery (except minor rectal or anal surgery). * Physical disability that affects the ability to use QuforaÒ IrriSedo MiniGo. * Major psychiatric diagnoses. * Patients with constipation with a chronic opioid use or other medications inducing constipation. * Pregnancy or plans to become pregnant.
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Surgery
Aarhus, Denmark
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