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Table 4 Adverse events by treatment groups

From: A novel food-based negative oral contrast agent compared with two conventional oral contrast agents in abdominal CT: a three-arm parallel blinded randomised controlled single-centre trial

Type of adverse event

Lumentin 44 (n = 18)

Omnipaque (n = 12)

MoviPrep (n = 14)

Adverse events (n)

Patients, n (%)

Adverse events (n)

Patients, n (%)

Adverse events (n)

Patients, n (%)

Gastrointestinal disorders

10

7 (38.9)

13

7 (58.3)

14

8 (57.1)

 Abdominal distension

1

1 (5.6)

1

1 (8.3)

1

1 (7.1)

 Epigastralgia

1

1 (5.6)

3

3 (25.0)

3

3 (21.4)

 Diarrhoea

0

0 (0.0)

3

3 (25.0)

6

6 (42.9)

 Eructation

1

1 (5.6)

0

0 (0.0)

0

 

 Flatulence

4

4 (22.2)

4

4 (33.3)

3

3 (21.4)

 Nausea

2

2 (11.1)

2

2 (16.7)

1

1 (7.1)

Rectal haemorrhage

1

1 (5.6)

0

0 (0.0)

0

0 (0.0)

General disorder, chills

0

0 (0.0)

1

1 (8.3)

0

0 (0.0)