Safety and Efficacy Study of Teduglutide in Subjects With Short Bowel Syndrome

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of teduglutide compared with placebo in subjects with parenteral nutrition (PN)-dependent short bowel syndrome (SBS).

Timeline

Start

2004-05-25

Primary completion

2007-07-06

Completion

2007-07-06

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper teduglutide in a dose of 0.05 mg/kg/day had a significant effect (16/35, p = 0.007). PMID 21317170 ↗

Publications

• Background Dudrick SJ, Latifi R, Fosnocht DE. Management of the short-bowel syndrome. Surg Clin North Am. 1991 Jun;71(3):625-43. doi: 10.1016/s0039-6109(16)45438-1.
• Background Rombeau JL, Rolandelli RH. Enteral and parenteral nutrition in patients with enteric fistulas and short bowel syndrome. Surg Clin North Am. 1987 Jun;67(3):551-71. doi: 10.1016/s0039-6109(16)44232-5.
• Background Shanbhogue LK, Molenaar JC. Short bowel syndrome: metabolic and surgical management. Br J Surg. 1994 Apr;81(4):486-99. doi: 10.1002/bjs.1800810404.
• Background Vanderhoof JA, Langnas AN. Short-bowel syndrome in children and adults. Gastroenterology. 1997 Nov;113(5):1767-78. doi: 10.1053/gast.1997.v113.pm9352883.
• Results Jeppesen PB, Gilroy R, Pertkiewicz M, Allard JP, Messing B, O'Keefe SJ. Randomised placebo-controlled trial of teduglutide in reducing parenteral nutrition and/or intravenous fluid requirements in patients with short bowel syndrome. Gut. 2011 Jul;60(7):902-14. doi: 10.1136/gut.2010.218271. Epub 2011 Feb 11.
• Fujioka K, Jeejeebhoy K, Pape UF, Li B, Youssef NN, Schneider SM. Patients With Short Bowel on Narcotics During 2 Randomized Trials Have Abdominal Complaints Independent of Teduglutide. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2017 Nov;41(8):1419-1422. doi: 10.1177/0148607116663481. Epub 2016 Aug 9.

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