Efficacy and Safety of Liraglutide in Patients With an Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis and Chronic High Bowel Frequency: A Placebo-Controlled, Crossover, Proof-of-Concept Study.

Herfarth, Hans; Long, Millie D; Hansen, Jonathan J; Anderson, Chelsea; English, Emily; Buse, John B; Barnes, Edward L · Am J Gastroenterol · 2024

rct · Level II

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Abstract

After colectomy with ileoanal pouch anastomosis (IPAA), many patients develop high bowel frequency (BF) refractory to antimotility agents, despite normal IPAA morphology. Low circulating levels of glucagon-like protein-1 (GLP-1), a modulator of gastroduodenal motility, have been reported after colectomy. Double-blind crossover study of 8 IPAA patients with refractory high BF treated with daily administration of the GLP-1 receptor agonist liraglutide or placebo. Liraglutide, but not placebo, reduced daily BF by more than 35% ( P < 0.03). Larger randomized controlled studies are warranted to delineate the treatment potential of GLP-1 receptor agonists in IPAA patients suffering from noninflammatory high BF.

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