The Bowel Study is testing a new drug to facilitate emptying the bowel of spinal cord injured people. This study has started at Austin Health, Melbourne.
Many spinal cord injured people lose voluntary control of bowel function: they are unable to initiate bowel emptying when they wish, and they are unable to delay emptying to a convenient time. For some people this is a devestating problem.
The researchers have developed a drug that stimulates the defecation centre in the lower spinal cord, which remains intact after cervical or thoracic injury.
They are currently recruiting males aged between 18-45 years, who have sustained a T6-T12 SCI within the last 10 years.
Enquiries to Melinda Millard on 03 9496 5906 or melinda.millard@austin.org.au
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