title: The variability in oro-cecal transit time assessed using a bean-based test meal and its use in the study of the effect of metoclopramide and BRL 24924 on transit time.
abstract: The inter and intra subject variation in the oro-cecal transit time assessed using the bean/breath hydrogen method was studied and analyzed to allow estimation of the number of patients/subjects required to show a drug-induced difference for given levels of statistical significance and power. Thus at the conventional 5% level of significance and for a test with 90% power, a dozen subjects should be sufficient to show a drug-induced change which is 25% or greater. Two crossover studies are described using 20 mg metoclopramide and 2 mg BRL 24924, orally, against placebo to investigate their action on oro-cecal transit time. Metoclopramide, 20 mg, produced a 45% reduction in the transit time compared with placebo. BRL 24924, 2 mg, in a similar study showed a 71% reduction.
authors.affiliation: Beecham Clinical Pharmacology Unit, West Middlesex University Hospital, Isleworth, Middlesex, UK.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Staniforth
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rose
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001549:Benzamides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001944:Breath Tests; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D001952:Bridged-Ring Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007887:Fabaceae; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D005772:Gastrointestinal Transit / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008297:Male; D008787:Metoclopramide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D001549:Benzamides; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D001952:Bridged-Ring Compounds; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; C053006:renzapride; D008787:Metoclopramide