In healthy volunteers, octreotide increased mean faecal fat excretion to 19.2 g/day versus placebo.
In plain wordsIn healthy volunteers, octreotide increased average stool fat loss to 19.2 g/day versus placebo.
- Peptide
- Octreotide
- Outcome
- IncreaseFaecal fat excretion
- Study
n = 9
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Gastrointestinal function · Gastrointestinal
- Studied dose
- 25 micrograms twice daily · subcutaneous · 7 daysAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Mean faecal fat excretion
- 19.2 g/day
- during SMS period
Source sentences
Mean faecal fat excretion was increased to 19.2 g/day and MCTT was three times longer during the SMS period.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
In a double-blind cross-over study, 9 healthy volunteers completed two 7-day periods with subcutaneous injections of either placebo or 25 micrograms SMS 201-995 twice daily.