A 5HT3 antagonist corrects the postprandial colonic hypertonic response in carcinoid diarrhea.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Carcinoid patients show a hypertonic colonic motor response postprandially. Ondansetron reduces postprandial colonic tone in health. It was hypothesized that ondansetron, a selective 5HT3 antagonist, corrects the colonic motor response to eating in carcinoid diarrhea. METHODS: The effects of ondansetron and placebo on fasting and postprandial colonic tone and motility in 10 patients with carcinoid diarrhea were compared using a manometry-barostat assembly positioned in the upper descending colon. RESULTS: Fasting colonic tone and motility indices were similar in the placebo and ondansetron groups; ondansetron did not affect fasting motility. The placebo group showed a significant reduction in barostat balloon volume (signifying increased tone) from 207 +/- 29 mL (mean +/- SEM) during fasting to 106 +/- 14 mL postprandially (P = 0.01). With ondansetron, a tonic colonic response was induced postprandially (198 +/- 37 mL to 151 +/- 30 mL; P = 0.053). However, the increment in tone in the ondansetron group (23% +/- 7%) was significantly lower than in the placebo group (48% +/- 5%; P = 0.02) and was similar to that observed in untreated healthy subjects (24% +/- 3%). Postprandial manometric pressure activity increased significantly in the placebo group (P = 0.01); in the ondansetron group there was a trend (P = 0.09) to increased phasic activity. CONCLUSIONS: Ondastetron reduces the postprandial colonic hypertonic response in carcinoid diarrhea to levels previously reported in health; further clinical studies of this class of antagonists in carcinoid diarrhea appear warranted.[1]References
- A 5HT3 antagonist corrects the postprandial colonic hypertonic response in carcinoid diarrhea. von der Ohe, M.R., Camilleri, M., Kvols, L.K. Gastroenterology (1994) [Pubmed]
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