New device helps kids with bowel problems – study shows promise
NCT ID NCT06385249
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new, smaller bowel irrigation device called Navina Mini in 27 children and teens aged 3 to 17 with bowel problems like severe constipation or leakage. The goal was to see if the device is safe, easy to use, and improves bowel emptying and satisfaction. Results showed most participants were satisfied with the device.
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Study facts
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- 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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27 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
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- Ages
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3 to 17 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Signed informed consent * Male and female children/adolescents between 3 and 17 years of age at the time of inclusion * Diagnosis of at least one of the following: * functional constipation not well treated with oral laxatives * functional fecal incontinence, either retentive or non-retentive (FNRFI: Functional Non-Retentive Fecal Incontinence) not well treated with oral laxatives * neurogenic bowel dysfunction due to spinal abnormalities and/or spinal cord injury or cerebral palsy * patient with sequelae of anorectal malformations to Hirschsprung disease * Fecal Incontinence (FI) due to iatrogenic injury including tumor surgery sequelae * Symptom duration of \> 3 months * Subject and/or their legally designated representative can communicate in written and oral Swedish language Exclusion Criteria: * Children/adolescents previously treated with, or currently in need of, high volume TAI, i.e., volume \> 250 ml * Confirmed pregnancy at the time of enrollment * Participating in another clinical investigation interfering with this investigation * Subjects with an active, symptomatic, inflammatory bowel disease, radiation proctitis, and or active perianal fistula disease * Rectal bleeding of uncertain origin or active hemorrhoidal bleeding * \< 6 months after anal or colorectal surgery * Ongoing anti-coagulant therapy (i.e., NOACS, heparin, warfarin) * Ischemic colitis * Active anal fissure * Inability to use the product or anyone to assist in its usage (hand function assessment) * Person not suitable for the investigation according to the investigator's judgment
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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H.K.H. Kronprinsessan Victorias Barn- och ungdomssjukhus Universitetssjukhuset
Linköping, Sweden
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