Impact of KUVAN® on Gastric Relaxation in Women With Diabetic Gastroparesis.

Summary

Kuvan® (sapropterin dihydrochloride) for Improving Gastric Accommodation in Women with Diabetic Gastroparesis (KIGA-DG)

Timeline

Start

2010-05

Primary completion

2012-11

Completion

2012-11

Publications

• Background Soykan I, Sivri B, Sarosiek I, Kiernan B, McCallum RW. Demography, clinical characteristics, psychological and abuse profiles, treatment, and long-term follow-up of patients with gastroparesis. Dig Dis Sci. 1998 Nov;43(11):2398-404. doi: 10.1023/a:1026665728213.
• Background Bell RA, Jones-Vessey K, Summerson JH. Hospitalizations and outcomes for diabetic gastroparesis in North Carolina. South Med J. 2002 Nov;95(11):1297-9.
• Background Stacher G. Diabetes mellitus and the stomach. Diabetologia. 2001 Sep;44(9):1080-93. doi: 10.1007/s001250100619.
• Background Gangula PR, Maner WL, Micci MA, Garfield RE, Pasricha PJ. Diabetes induces sex-dependent changes in neuronal nitric oxide synthase dimerization and function in the rat gastric antrum. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2007 Mar;292(3):G725-33. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00406.2006.
• Background Werner ER, Gorren AC, Heller R, Werner-Felmayer G, Mayer B. Tetrahydrobiopterin and nitric oxide: mechanistic and pharmacological aspects. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2003 Dec;228(11):1291-302. doi: 10.1177/153537020322801108.
• Background Smirnova VI, Gridchik IE, Tregubenko AD, Khachaturova EA. [Analgesia and intensive therapy during hemicorporectomy]. Anesteziol Reanimatol. 1991 Sep-Oct;(5):46-8. Russian.

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