Garden Grove,
California
92840
Purpose:
The purpose of this study is to compare the safety and effectiveness of different doses of
an investigational medication in women with severe diarrhea-predominant Irritable Bowel
Syndrome (IBS) who have failed conventional therapy.
Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosed with severe diarrhea-predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).
- Failed conventional therapy.
- Willing to make daily calls on a touch-tone telephone.
Exclusion criteria:
- History of or current chronic or severe constipation.
- Bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain with rectal bleeding.
- Thrombophlebitis.
- Abnormal thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) value.
- Alcohol and/or substance abuse within past two years.
- Pregnant or lactating.
- History/treatment of malignancy within past five years.