Anti-inflammatory Effect of Pre-operative Stimulation of the Cholinergic Anti-Inflammatory Pathway

Summary

Hypothesis: Prucalopride can mimic electrical stimulation of the abdominal vagus nerve and has an anti-inflammatory effect. Aims: In the present pilot study, the investigators want to evaluate the anti-inflammatory effect of prucalopride. The following aims are formulated: 1. to show that prucalopride has a similar inflammatory effect as abdominal vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) 2. to evaluate whether prucalopride leads to accelerated post-operative recovery

Timeline

Start

2014-07

Primary completion

2016-02-27

Completion

2016-02-27

Publications

• Background Kalff JC, Buchholz BM, Eskandari MK, Hierholzer C, Schraut WH, Simmons RL, Bauer AJ. Biphasic response to gut manipulation and temporal correlation of cellular infiltrates and muscle dysfunction in rat. Surgery. 1999 Sep;126(3):498-509.
• Background Kalff JC, Schraut WH, Simmons RL, Bauer AJ. Surgical manipulation of the gut elicits an intestinal muscularis inflammatory response resulting in postsurgical ileus. Ann Surg. 1998 Nov;228(5):652-63. doi: 10.1097/00000658-199811000-00004.
• Stakenborg N, Labeeuw E, Gomez-Pinilla PJ, De Schepper S, Aerts R, Goverse G, Farro G, Appeltans I, Meroni E, Stakenborg M, Viola MF, Gonzalez-Dominguez E, Bosmans G, Alpizar YA, Wolthuis A, D'Hoore A, Van Beek K, Verheijden S, Verhaegen M, Derua R, Waelkens E, Moretti M, Gotti C, Augustijns P, Talavera K, Vanden Berghe P, Matteoli G, Boeckxstaens GE. Preoperative administration of the 5-HT4 receptor agonist prucalopride reduces intestinal inflammation and shortens postoperative ileus via cholinergic enteric neurons. Gut. 2019 Aug;68(8):1406-1416. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2018-317263. Epub 2018 Nov 24.

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