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Arm 1: Experimental: Pts Receiving Rifaximin vs Arm 2: Placebo Comparator: Pts Receiving Placebo: serious adverse events

Calculated by ConductScience from the counts the trial posted to ClinicalTrials.gov.

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Measures6

Calculated by ConductScience from the counts the trial posted to ClinicalTrials.gov.

MeasureValue95% interval, lower95% interval, upperMethodNote
Risk in group 1000.0964wilson
Risk in group 20.03030.005370.153wilson
Risk difference, group 1 minus group 2-0.0303-0.1530.0693newcombe hybrid score
Risk ratio, group 1 over group 2loga group has no participants with the outcome
Odds ratio, group 1 over group 2loga cell of the two-by-two table is zero
Number needed to treat, for one fewer participant with a serious adverse event on Arm 1: Experimental: Pts Receiving Rifaximin than on Arm 2: Placebo Comparator: Pts Receiving Placebo33from the risk difference intervalthe interval includes no difference

Groups2

Group 2 names the comparator: placebo.

GroupTitleDescriptionWith the outcomeAnalysedClinicalTrials.gov code
Group 1Arm 1: Experimental: Pts Receiving Rifaximin
This group will receive rifaximin 400mg bid for 4 weeks. At 1 - 24 months after completion of the phase III portion of the trial, patients will be contacted by phone and given the option of receiving metronidazole in a followup, single arm study in which all patients receive the antibiotic. Patients who wish to participate will be mailed a drug prescription for a 3 week course of metronidazole 500mgs tid as well as the BFI forms and stool diary. Pretreatment and post treatment BFI scores will be collected and analyzed for change in bowel function as was done in the initial Phase III study.~Rifaximin: Pt will receive rifaximin 400mg bid for 4 weeks. Patients will at this stage on a volunteer basis be asked to submit stool samples and undertake a breath test. Patients will receive the respective treatment for four weeks. Following cessation of treatment all patients will be assessed using the BFI and respective patients will have repeat stool sampling and breath testing. Patients will then have these tests repeated 4 weeks later. This corresponds to 8 weeks after the start of the trial. For those patients not undertaking stool and breath testing, they will be reminded by phone, mail or email to fill out the BFI. Before and during the trial patients will be asked to fill out a weekly stool diary to evaluate trends on bowel function.
036EG000
Group 2Arm 2: Placebo Comparator: Pts Receiving Placebo
This group will receive a placebo bid for 4 weeks. At 1 - 24 months after completion of the phase III portion of the trial, patients will be contacted by phone and given the option of receiving metronidazole in a followup, single arm study in which all patients receive the antibiotic. Patients who wish to participate will be mailed a drug prescription for a 3 week course of metronidazole 500mgs tid as well as the BFI forms and stool diary. Pretreatment and post treatment BFI scores will be collected and analyzed for change in bowel function as was done in the initial Phase III study.~Placebo: Pt will receive placebo bid for 4 weeks. Patients will at this stage on a volunteer basis be asked to submit stool samples and undertake a breath test. Patients will receive the respective treatment for four weeks. Following cessation of treatment all patients will be assessed using the BFI and respective patients will have repeat stool sampling and breath testing. Patients will then have these tests repeated 4 weeks later. This corresponds to 8 weeks after the start of the trial. For those patients not undertaking stool and breath testing, they will be reminded by phone, mail or email to fill out the BFI. Before and during the trial patients will be asked to fill out a weekly stool diary to evaluate trends on bowel function.
133EG001

Harm

What it counts
Total, serious adverse events
Time frame
2 years

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial

Title
Rifaximin and Placebo in the Treatment of Bowel Dysfunction After Anterior Resection for Rectal Cancer
NCT number
NCT01345175
Phases
PHASE3
Conditions
Rectal Cancer
Interventions
Rifaximin, Placebo
Lead sponsor
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Results first posted
2024-05-14

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

Source

Release
trial-comparisons-2026-03-23-0.1.0
Release manifest SHA-256
f66225897fbf258b57ea10bdacfd0347d3cdfda93f7f5685234b7e06ea36fa57
AACT copy
2026-03-23
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outcome_counts.parquet, outcome_measurements.parquet, outcomes.parquet, reported_event_totals.parquet, reported_events.parquet, result_groups.parquet, studies.parquet, ctgov_trial.parquet

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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  • ClinicalTrials.govNo license stated
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  • ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTClinicalTrials.gov data via Aggregate Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov (AACT), CTTI. CTTI makes its materials freely available and requests acknowledgement. https://aact.ctti-clinicaltrials.org/documentation/299
  • ClinicalTrials.govnone stated

ClinicalTrials.gov's data carry an international copyright outside the United States: https://clinicaltrials.gov/about-site/terms-conditions. The measures are ConductScience's calculation from them.

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