Gastroparesis
Conditions
Brief summary
Due to the lack of other drugs to treat gastroparesis Janssen and FDA approved the compassionate use of cisapride to treat patients who had no other effective therapy. For this observational study, 3 patients who had already been prescribed cisapride by outside physicians, were followed to determine the effectiveness of cisapride on their gastric emtpying.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Yale University
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Clinical diagnosis of gastroparesis.
Exclusion criteria
* No diagnosis of gastroparesis.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Improvement in gastric emptying via self-report | ten years | Patients were asked at clinical appointments about problems and improvement with gastric emptying. |
Outcome results
None listed