Lactulose is named as a drug or biological intervention in 5 clinical trials in our India and China trial registers, 3 of which are recruiting. Lead sponsors include Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India (2), Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (1) and Nanchong Central Hospital (1). Registered phases: Not applicable and Phase 4. Conditions studied include Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis; Acute on Chronic Liver Failure; Hepatic Encephalopathy.
Registers list studies that are recruiting, about to open, active but closed to enrolment, or enrolling by invitation. The UK and USA registers cover industry-sponsored studies only. Trial titles and statuses are copied from the registry as published.
| Condition (as registered) | Trials |
|---|---|
| Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis | 1 |
| Acute on Chronic Liver Failure | 1 |
| Hepatic Encephalopathy | 1 |
| Decompensated Cirrhosis | 1 |
| Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy | 1 |
| Ileus Postoperative | 1 |
| Gastrointestinal Function | 1 |
| Complicated Appendicitis | 1 |
| Lactulose | 1 |
| Bowel Preparation | 1 |
| Lead sponsor | Trials |
|---|---|
| Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India | 2 |
| Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh | 1 |
| Nanchong Central Hospital | 1 |
| Haifeng Lan | 1 |
| Register | Lactulose trials |
|---|---|
| Clinical trials in India | 3 |
| Clinical trials in China | 2 |
A trial with sites in more than one country appears in each of those registers.
Everything on this page is copied from public ClinicalTrials.gov registry records — it is not written from memory, and nothing here describes how Lactulose works or whether it is effective. Each trial links to its own record so you can check it yourself.
This page is built automatically: a daily sync job reads the registry records behind our country trial registers, collects every trial that lists Lactulose (or a registered synonym) as a drug or biological intervention, and tabulates the registry fields directly. Placebos and generic comparators are excluded. There is no AI drafting and no per-compound editorial pass, and the page has not been clinically reviewed. The “last verified” date above is the timestamp of that sync, not a review date. Our general editorial approach is described in our editorial standards and corrections policy. The ClinicalTrials.gov data on this page was last retrieved on 24 Sep 2026.