Effectiveness of On-demand Meteospasmyl® Use in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of 2 IBS treatment strategies: * Strategy A = MeteoSpasmyl®, on-demand therapy * Strategy B = standard of care chosen by the physician

Timeline

Start

2009-12

Primary completion

2011-10

Completion

2011-10

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper At 6 months, improvement of IBSQoL was greater with ACS than with the usual treatment group (13.8 vs. 8.4; p < 0.0008). PMID 24147869 ↗

Publications

• Results Ducrotte P, Grimaud JC, Dapoigny M, Personnic S, O'Mahony V, Andro-Delestrain MC. On-demand treatment with alverine citrate/simeticone compared with standard treatments for irritable bowel syndrome: results of a randomised pragmatic study. Int J Clin Pract. 2014 Feb;68(2):245-54. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.12333. Epub 2013 Oct 21.

Drugs

Indications