Safety assessment of prucalopride in elderly patients with constipation: A double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Camilleri, M ^a   Beyens, G ^b   Kerstens, R ^b   Robinson, P ^c   Vandeplassche, L ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Movetis NV   (Belgium)

^c Rocky Top Pharmaceutical Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiac; Corrected QT interval; Safety; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; DIGOXIN; ENALAPRIL; LOPERAMIDE; MEBHYDROLIN; PLACEBO; PRUCALOPRIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLITIS; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FALLING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MELENA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SIDE EFFECT; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VITAL SIGN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BENZOFURANS; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTIPATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROTONIN AGONISTS;

EID: 72049090263     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2009.01398.x     Document Type: Article

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