Henry P Parkman1, Emily Sharkey2, Richard W McCallum3, William L Hasler4, Kenneth L Koch5, Irene Sarosiek3, Thomas L Abell6, Braden Kuo7, Robert J Shulman8, Madhusudan Grover9, Gianrico Farrugia9, Ron Schey10, James Tonascia2, Frank Hamilton11, Pankaj J Pasricha2. 1. Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: henry.parkman@temple.edu. 2. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. 3. Texas Tech University, El Paso, Texas. 4. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 5. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 6. University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. 7. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 8. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. 9. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. 10. Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 11. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland.
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Constipation can be an important symptom in some patients with gastroparesis. The aims were to: 1) Determine prevalence of constipation and delayed colonic transit in patients with symptoms of gastroparesis; 2) Correlate severity of constipation to severity of symptoms of gastroparesis; and 3) Relate severity of constipation to GI transit delays assessed by gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES) and wireless motility capsule (WMC). METHODS: Patients with symptoms of gastroparesis underwent gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES), wireless motility capsule (WMC) assessing gastric emptying, small bowel transit, and colonic transit, and questionnaires assessing symptoms using a modified Patient Assessment of Upper GI Symptoms [PAGI-SYM] and Rome III functional GI disorder questionnaire. RESULTS: Of 338 patients with symptoms of gastroparesis, 242 (71.5%) had delayed gastric emptying by scintigraphy; 298 (88.2%) also met criteria for functional dyspepsia. Severity of constipation was severe/very severe in 34% patients, moderate in 24%, and none/very mild/mild in 42%. Increasing severity of constipation was associated with increasing symptoms of gastroparesis and presence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Severity of constipation was not associated with gastric retention on GES or WMC. Delayed colonic transit was present in 108 patients (32% of patients). Increasing severity of constipation was associated with increasing small bowel transit time, colonic transit time, and whole gut transit time. CONCLUSIONS: Severe/very severe constipation and delayed colon transit occurs in a third of patients with symptoms of gastroparesis. The severity of constipation is associated with severity of gastroparesis symptoms, presence of IBS, small bowel and colon transit delay, but not delay in gastric emptying. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01696747.
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Constipation can be an important symptom in some patients with gastroparesis. The aims were to: 1) Determine prevalence of constipation and delayed colonic transit in patients with symptoms of gastroparesis; 2) Correlate severity of constipation to severity of symptoms of gastroparesis; and 3) Relate severity of constipation to GI transit delays assessed by gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES) and wireless motility capsule (WMC). METHODS: Patients with symptoms of gastroparesis underwent gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES), wireless motility capsule (WMC) assessing gastric emptying, small bowel transit, and colonic transit, and questionnaires assessing symptoms using a modified Patient Assessment of Upper GI Symptoms [PAGI-SYM] and Rome III functional GI disorder questionnaire. RESULTS: Of 338 patients with symptoms of gastroparesis, 242 (71.5%) had delayed gastric emptying by scintigraphy; 298 (88.2%) also met criteria for functional dyspepsia. Severity of constipation was severe/very severe in 34% patients, moderate in 24%, and none/very mild/mild in 42%. Increasing severity of constipation was associated with increasing symptoms of gastroparesis and presence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Severity of constipation was not associated with gastric retention on GES or WMC. Delayed colonic transit was present in 108 patients (32% of patients). Increasing severity of constipation was associated with increasing small bowel transit time, colonic transit time, and whole gut transit time. CONCLUSIONS: Severe/very severe constipation and delayed colon transit occurs in a third of patients with symptoms of gastroparesis. The severity of constipation is associated with severity of gastroparesis symptoms, presence of IBS, small bowel and colon transit delay, but not delay in gastric emptying. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01696747.
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