In adults with short bowel syndrome, teduglutide numerically reduced overall gut transit versus placebo: 53.4% versus 62.4% (P = .075).
In plain wordsIn adults with short bowel syndrome, teduglutide numerically reduced gut transit versus placebo, without statistical significance.
- Peptide
- Teduglutide
- Outcome
- DecreaseOverall gut transit at 6 hours
- Study
n = 8
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Gastrointestinal motility · Gastrointestinal
- Studied dose
- 0.05 mg/kg daily · subcutaneous · 7 daysAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Overall gut transit (% emptied at 6 hours)
- 53.4%
- teduglutide, ± 15 (SD)
- Overall gut transit (% emptied at 6 hours)
- 62.4%
- placebo, ± 15.2 (SD)
- P value
- 0.075
- teduglutide vs placebo, gut transit
Source sentences
The overall gut transit (% emptied at 6 hours) was 53.4% ± 15% for TED vs 62.4% ± 15.2% for PLA (P = .075), with no effect on GE (P = .74).
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
In 8 adults with SBS on HPN, we compared daily subcutaneous TED (0.05 mg/kg) and PLA (crossover design, each treatment 7 days with a 14-day washout) on gut transit, intestinal absorption, and permeability after oral mannitol (200 mg) and lactulose (1 g), as well as stool weight and urine volume over 8 hours.