Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Diarrhea (IBS-D) Rifaximin Re-Treatment Study

Summary

This study will evaluate the effectiveness and safety of repeat treatment with rifaximin 550 mg three times a day in patients with IBS with diarrhea who respond to initial treatment of rifaximin 550 mg three times a day.

Timeline

Start

2012-02

Primary completion

2014-06

Completion

2014-06

Publications

• Lacy BE, Chang L, Rao SSC, Heimanson Z, Sayuk GS. Rifaximin Treatment for Individual and Multiple Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Diarrhea: An Analysis Using New End Points. Clin Ther. 2023 Mar;45(3):198-209. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2023.01.010. Epub 2023 Mar 14.
• Fodor AA, Pimentel M, Chey WD, Lembo A, Golden PL, Israel RJ, Carroll IM. Rifaximin is associated with modest, transient decreases in multiple taxa in the gut microbiota of patients with diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome. Gut Microbes. 2019;10(1):22-33. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2018.1460013. Epub 2018 Jul 18.
• Cash BD, Pimentel M, Rao SSC, Weinstock L, Chang L, Heimanson Z, Lembo A. Repeat treatment with rifaximin improves irritable bowel syndrome-related quality of life: a secondary analysis of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Ther Adv Gastroenterol. 2017 Sep;10(9):689-699. doi: 10.1177/1756283X17726087. Epub 2017 Sep 11.
• Pimentel M, Cash BD, Lembo A, Wolf RA, Israel RJ, Schoenfeld P. Repeat Rifaximin for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: No Clinically Significant Changes in Stool Microbial Antibiotic Sensitivity. Dig Dis Sci. 2017 Sep;62(9):2455-2463. doi: 10.1007/s10620-017-4598-7. Epub 2017 Jun 6.
• DuPont HL, Wolf RA, Israel RJ, Pimentel M. Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Staphylococcus Isolates from the Skin of Patients with Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treated with Repeat Courses of Rifaximin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016 Dec 27;61(1):e02165-16. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02165-16. Print 2017 Jan. No abstract available.
• Lembo A, Pimentel M, Rao SS, Schoenfeld P, Cash B, Weinstock LB, Paterson C, Bortey E, Forbes WP. Repeat Treatment With Rifaximin Is Safe and Effective in Patients With Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Gastroenterology. 2016 Dec;151(6):1113-1121. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.08.003. Epub 2016 Aug 13.

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