In early and late dumping, octreotide improved postprandial breath hydrogen excretion versus placebo, indicating slower gastrointestinal transit.
In plain wordsIn early and late dumping, octreotide improved breath hydrogen measurements versus placebo, indicating slower gut transit.
- Peptide
- Octreotide
- Outcome
- Direction not reportedPostprandial breath hydrogen excretion
- Study
n = 12
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Gastrointestinal protection · Gastrointestinal
- Studied dose
- 50 microgramsAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
Both in early and late dumpers SMS 201-995 improved postprandial expiratory breath hydrogen excretion indicating slowing of gastrointestinal hurry.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
In six patients suffering from severe early dumping and six patients with late dumping after peptic ulcer surgery, the effect of the somatostatin analogue SMS 201-995 was compared with placebo.