In patients with short bowel syndrome, glepaglutide numerically increased intestinal wet weight absorption by 398 g/day from baseline (P = 0.0585).
In plain wordsIn patients with short bowel syndrome, glepaglutide numerically increased intestinal wet weight absorption from baseline.
- Peptide
- Glepaglutide
- Outcome
- IncreaseIntestinal wet weight absorption
- Study
n = 10
- Comparator
- Baseline
- Analysis
- Primary
- Outcome group
- Intestinal growth and absorption · Gastrointestinal
- Studied dose
- 10 mg once weekly · subcutaneous · 24 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Change in intestinal wet weight absorption
- 398 g/day
- mean change from baseline at week 24
Source sentences
At week 24, mean numerical increase in intestinal wet weight absorption was 398 g/day (P = 0.0585) and mean energy absorption 1038 kJ/day (P = 0.0215).
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
In this single-center, open-label, phase 3b study, 10 patients with SBS - 8 with intestinal failure (SBS-IF) and 2 with intestinal insufficiency - received glepaglutide 10 mg once weekly via subcutaneous injection.