Abstract | AIM: METHODS: In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 10 patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (six male and four female; mean age, 54 +/- 10.4 years) were randomly assigned to 5-day treatments with cisapride, 10 mg q.d.s., or placebo, separated by a 2-day washout period before the treatment crossover. Sleep stages, lower oesophageal sphincter tone and oesophageal pH were monitored overnight at the end of each treatment regimen. Gastric emptying was assessed before treatment. RESULTS:
Cisapride decreased the frequency of transient lower oesophageal sphincter relaxations during sleep (1.2 +/- 0.2/h vs. 2.7 +/- 0.5/h with placebo; P=0.004) and oesophageal acid exposure (17.2 +/- 9.9% with placebo vs. 7.2 +/- 4.2% with cisapride; P=0.4). Cisapride increased lower oesophageal sphincter tone from 12.7 +/- 2.8 mmHg with placebo to 16.9 +/- 3.9 mmHg (P=0.03), and decreased heartburn episodes and antacid consumption. All patients had normal gastric retention data over 4 h. CONCLUSIONS: In patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, cisapride significantly decreased the frequency of transient lower oesophageal sphincter relaxations during sleep and increased lower oesophageal sphincter pressure without changing gastric emptying. We hypothesize, therefore, that 5-hydroxytryptamine-4 mechanisms are important in the control of transient lower oesophageal sphincter relaxations in humans.
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Authors | N Pehlivanov, I Sarosiek, R Whitman, M Olyaee, R McCallum |
Journal | Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
(Aliment Pharmacol Ther)
Vol. 16
Issue 4
Pg. 743-7
(Apr 2002)
ISSN: 0269-2813 [Print] England |
PMID | 11929392
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Serotonin Receptor Agonists
- Cisapride
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Topics |
- Cisapride
(therapeutic use)
- Cross-Over Studies
- Double-Blind Method
- Esophagitis
(complications, drug therapy, physiopathology)
- Esophagogastric Junction
(drug effects, physiopathology)
- Female
- Gastric Acidity Determination
- Gastric Emptying
(drug effects)
- Gastroesophageal Reflux
(drug therapy, etiology)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Muscle Relaxation
(physiology)
- Pressure
- Serotonin Receptor Agonists
(therapeutic use)
- Sleep
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