Irritable Bowel Syndrome News

The efficacy of gut-directed hypnotherapy for treating symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome is comparable to the low FODMAP diet, according to randomized controlled trial data.

Patients with irritable bowel syndrome experienced rapid symptom relief, high satisfaction and improved quality of life with IBgard, an over-the-counter peppermint oil delivery system, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial and a post-marketing study.

Although the probiotic Saccharomyces cerevisiae I-3856 failed to improve symptoms overall in a cohort of patients with irritable bowel syndrome in a randomized controlled trial, subgroup analysis showed it improved abdominal pain and bloating in patients with constipation-predominant IBS.

SAN DIEGO — The international, nonprofit Rome Foundation revealed the fourth edition of its diagnostic criteria for functional GI disorders at Digestive Disease Week, which provides a new definition for functional GI disorders and includes new adult and pediatric diagnoses and diagnostic changes for irritable bowel syndrome.

Irritable bowel syndrome patients experienced greater benefits from a low FODMAP diet if they had a positive fructose breath test, greater symptom severity at baseline, and a mixed IBS subtype, according to data presented at the British Society of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting.

The Arthritis Advisory Committee of the FDA has agreed to review data supporting Amgen’s Biologics License Application for ABP 501, a biosimilar to Humira, according to a press release from Amgen.

SAN DIEGO — In this exclusive video from DDW 2016, Shanti L. Eswaran, MD, from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, discusses the results of a randomized controlled trial that showed the low FODMAP diet improved health-related quality of life among patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome.

SAN DIEGO — In this exclusive video from DDW 2016, Mark Pimentel, MD, from Cedars Sinai Medical Center, discusses the importance of IBSchek, a new blood test for irritable bowel syndrome.

SAN DIEGO — In this exclusive video from DDW 2016, Kirsten Tillisch, MD, from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress, discusses how Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction can improve IBS symptoms and quality of life.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with irritable bowel syndrome who adhered to a low fermentable oligo-, di-, and mono-saccharides and polyols, or FODMAP, diet experienced reduced symptoms and corresponding changes in the metabolome, according to randomized controlled trial data presented at DDW 2016.