In cirrhosis, lanreotide blunted meal-stimulated portal blood flow versus placebo (AUC 45,237 +/- 2,507 versus 62,709.6 +/- 6,817 % x min, p < 0.05).
In plain wordsIn cirrhosis, lanreotide reduced the meal-related rise in portal blood flow more than placebo.
- Peptide
- Lanreotide
- Outcome
- DecreaseMeal-stimulated portal blood flow
- Study
n = 20
- Comparator
- placebo
- Outcome group
- Portal blood flow · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- 100 microg/h · intravenous · 7 hAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Meal-stimulated PVF increase (AUC), mean
- 62709.6 % x min
- placebo (n=12)
- Meal-stimulated PVF increase (AUC), +/- value
- 6817 % x min
- placebo (n=12)
- Meal-stimulated PVF increase (AUC), mean
- 45,237 % x min
- lanreotide (n=8)
- Meal-stimulated PVF increase (AUC), +/- value
- 2507 % x min
- lanreotide (n=8)
- p value
- < 0.05 none
- lanreotide vs placebo
Source sentences
The meal-stimulated increase in PVF was blunted by lanreotide (AUC, % x min): 62,709.6 +/- 6,817 (placebo) vs. 45,237 +/- 2,507 (lanreotide), p < 0.05.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
20 cirrhotic patients (placebo n = 12, lanreotide n = 8) with proven portal hypertension were studied after an overnight fast.
Lanreotide, at a dose of 100 microg/h, was infused intravenously over 7 h after a 1-hour basal period.