Could a pacemaker for the gut help kids with bathroom troubles?
NCT ID NCT07519915
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing a treatment called sacral neuromodulation, which uses mild electrical pulses to stimulate nerves that control the bowel and bladder. The goal is to see if it can reduce symptoms like severe constipation, stomach pain, and loss of bowel control in children aged 3 to 18 with gut motility disorders. Researchers will use brain scans and computer models to understand how the treatment works and who it helps best.
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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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About 25 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2018
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
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.
- Ages
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3 to 18 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * informed consent of patient and care taker * gastrointestinal motility disorder, disregarding underlying diseases * exclusion of mechanical obstructions in the gastrointestinal passage * age between 3 and 18 Exclusion Criteria: * pregnancy/breast feeding * decreased renal or thyroidal function * drug intake of Beta-blockers, antispasmodics, cyclopropane, bisulfite compounds, haloperidol, heroin, meperidine, metamizole, methadone, morphine, nitrofurantoin, opium alkaloids, phenobarbital, phenylbutazone, probenecid, rifamycin * contradictions for MRI * indication for analgosedation for MRI * inflammatory bowel diseases * fractures/different anatomy in sacral region * epilepsy * presence of cardiac pacemakers
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Pediatric Surgery in the Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGErlangen, 91054, Germany
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