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Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN‐173 010 on the health‐related quality of life and symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome in adults in primary care: a multicentre, randomized, double‐blind, controlled trial
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BACKGROUND: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has been rarely evaluated as a primary endpoint in the assessment of the effect of probiotics on the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). AIM: To study the effects of fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 and yoghurt strains on the IBS in a multicentre, double-blind, controlled trial. METHODS: A total of 274 primary care adults with constipation-predominant IBS (Rome II) were randomized to consume for 6 weeks either the test fermented milk or a heat-treated yoghurt (control). HRQoL and digestive symptoms were assessed after 3 and 6 weeks on an intention-to-treat population of 267 subjects. RESULTS: The HRQoL discomfort score, the primary endpoint, improved (P < 0.001) in both groups at weeks 3 and 6. The responder rate for the HRQoL discomfort score was higher (65.2 vs. 47.7%, P < 0.005), as was the decrease in bloating score [0.56 +/- (s.d.)1.01 vs. 0.31 +/- 0.87, P = 0.03], at week 3 in the test vs. the control group. In those subjects with <3 stools/week, stool frequency increased (P < 0.001) over 6 weeks in the test vs. control group. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests a beneficial effect of a probiotic food on discomfort HRQoL score and bloating in constipation-predominant IBS, and on stool frequency in subjects with <3 stools/week.
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“The discomfort dimension of FDDQL, a validated questionnaire, 29 was able to capture the improvement in multiple IBS symptoms”
§ Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 on the health-related quality of life and > DISCUSSION
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- Supportedcites [29] 29. Chassany O, Marquis P, Scherrer B, et al. Validation of a specific quality of life questionnaire for functional diges- tive disorders. Gut 1999; 44: 527-533. source
Citation 29 immediately follows “a validated questionnaire,” so it supports the identification of the FDDQL as validated, not the subsequent claim about detecting improvement. The Discussion reports satisfactory psychometric properties, and Table 3 lists a discomfort scale. (LLM, conf=0.92)
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“In healthy adults as well as elderly subjects, a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 alone or in association with the yoghurt starters Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus has been shown to decrease orofecal and ⁄ or colonic, especially sigmoid, transit time; [22][23][24][25]”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [22] 22. Me ´ance S, Cayuela C, Turchet P, Raimondi A, Lucas C, Antoine JM. A fermented milk with a Bifidobacterium probiotic strain DN-173 010 shortened oro-fecal gut transit time in elderly. Microb Ecol Health Dis 2001; 13: 217- 222. source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [23] 23. Me ´ance S, Cayuela C, Turchet P, Rai- mondi A, Lucas C, Antoine JM. Recent advances in the use of functional foods: effects of the commercial fermented milk with Bifidobacterium animalis strain DN-173 010 and yoghurt strains on gut transit time in the elderly. Mic- rob Ecol Health Dis 2003; 15: 15-22. source
- Partly supportedcites [24] 24. Marteau P, Cuillerier E, Me ´ance S, et al. Bifidobacterium animalis strain DN-173 010 shortens the colonic transit time in healthy women: A double blind rand- omised controlled study. Aliment Phar- macol Ther 2002; 16: 587-593. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Discussion (p. 5) reports shorter total colonic and sigmoid transit times in healthy women who consumed fermented milk containing B. animalis DN-173 010 plus yoghurt cultures. This paper does not establish the claim for elderly subjects, orofecal transit time, or milk containing the strain without yoghurt cultures. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“A clear-cut effect of probiotics on constipation per se has been quite rarely shown in IBS subjects, except in two studies.17,64”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [17] 17. Whorwell PJ, Altringer L, Morel J, et al. Efficacy of an encapsulated probiotic Bifidobacterium infantis 35624 in women with irritable bowel syndrome. Am J Gastroenterol 2006; 101: 1581- 1590. source
- Partly supportedcites [64] 64. Koebnick C, Wagner I, Leitzmann P, Stern U, Zunft HJ. Probiotic beverage containing Lactobacillus casei Shirota improves gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with chronic constipation. Can J Gastroenterol 2003; 17: 655-659. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results report improved constipation symptoms with the probiotic, and the Introduction says only a few studies had examined probiotics for constipation. But Patients and Methods describes participants with chronic idiopathic constipation, not an identified IBS population; the paper also does not establish that exactly two studies showed a clear-cut effect in IBS subjects. (LLM, conf=0.87)
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“The stress impact dimension was more (P < 0.05) improved, at week 6, in the control as compared to the test product group.”
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“Moreover, we observed an increasing placebo effect in the control group from week 3 to week 6, which may account for the non-significant effect of test product on bloating and responder rate for discomfort dimension of FDDQL at week 6.”
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“The improvement in bloating score was significantly (P = 0.03) higher at week 3 in the test Changes from baseline”
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“Score changes, at weeks 3 and 6 vs. baseline, of diet, sleep, health perception and coping with disease dimensions, and the global score did not differ significantly between groups (Table 3).”
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“The effect size between groups at week 3 is 0.22 in favour of the test group.”
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“The percentage of responders for the discomfort dimension was significantly higher (65.2 vs. 47.7%,P = 0.003) at week 3, in the test product as compared to the control group.”
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“A high ''placebo'' effect was observed in the control group in the present work, which confirms well-known data reported in IBS placebo-controlled trials showing an average placebo response rate of 40-45%.”
§ Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 on the health-related quality of life and > DISCUSSION
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [45] 45. Enck P, Klosterhalfen S. The placebo response in functional bowel disorders: perspectives and putative mechanisms. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2005; 17: 325-331. source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [46] 46. Pitz M, Cheang M, Bernstein CN. Defi- ning the predictors of the placebo response in irritable bowel syndrome. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2005; 3: 237-247. source
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“A similar alleviating effect on bloating of VSL#3, 55 a mixture of 8 probiotics, and of B. infantis 35624 16 has been reported in a study population of IBS subjects (35 and 77 subjects, respectively).”
§ Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 on the health-related quality of life and > DISCUSSION
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- Partly supportedcites [55] 55. Kim HJ, Camilleri M, McKinzie S, et al. A randomized controlled trial of a pro- biotic, VSL#3, on gut transit and symp- toms in diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2003; 17: 895-904. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Discussion reports that VSL#3 appeared to reduce bloating in diarrhoea-predominant IBS, although the between-group difference was only borderline significant (Other symptom assessments; P = 0.09). The Demographic characteristics section says 25 patients were randomized, not 35. The separately cited B. infantis study and its 77 subjects are not attributed to this source. (LLM, conf=0.90)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [16] 16. O'Mahony L, McCarthy J, Kelly P, et al. Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium in irritable bowel syndrome: symptom responses and relationship to cytokine profiles. Gastroenterology 2005; 128: 541-551. source
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“The scores of daily activities and anxiety improved (P < 0.001) at weeks 3 and 6, as compared to baseline, in both groups; the improvement was significantly higher in the control vs. the test product group (Table 3).”
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“However, in spite of this, the test product exhibited a difference over the control group of 17.5% in the rate of responders for HRQoL discomfort score, which in turn results in a number needed to treat of 5.7.”
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“In the ITT population (n = 267), stool frequency (Figure 2a) and consistency (data not shown) did not differ between the test product and control groups.”
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“In the present study, we observed a significant relief in abdominal bloating, for the whole probiotic subject group and for the subgroup characterized by a stool frequency of <3 stools ⁄ week.”
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“Ten subjects from the control group and 13 from the test product group reported minor adverse events throughout the study.Four subjects in the control group and three in the test group stopped the consumption of the product after an adverse event.Two subjects reported serious adverse events in the control group.”
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“HRQoL discomfort score and responder rate, bloating, abdominal pain and global digestive symptom scores improved (P < 0.05) at week 6 in the test product but not in the control subgroup.”
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“In the subgroup (n = 19) of constipated IBS subjects, defined on the basis of <3 bowel movements per week, stool frequency increased (P < 0.001) over the 6-week period of product consumption, showing effect as soon as week 1, in the test product subgroup as compared to the control subgroup (Figure 2b).”
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“Discomfort dimension score, the primary HRQoL endpoint, improved (P < 0.001) at weeks 3 and 6, as compared to baseline, in both groups but the improvement did not significantly differ between groups (Table 2).”
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“In conclusion, the present large-scale study strongly suggests a beneficial effect of a probiotic food containing B. animalis DN-173010 on HRQoL discomfort score and bloating, and also on stool frequency in those subjects with <3 stools per week.”
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“The increase in stool frequency, unaccompanied by a significant change in stool consistency scores, showed a rapid onset, i.e. after 1 week of product consumption, and was sustained throughout the 6-week study.”
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“In conclusion, the present large-scale study strongly suggests a beneficial effect of a probiotic food containing B. animalis DN-173010 on HRQoL discomfort score and bloating, and also on stool frequency in those subjects with <3 stools per week.”
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“It is noteworthy that the favourable probiotic effects in this subgroup also included a significant alleviation of bloating and global digestive symptom score.”
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“In addition, analyses of HRQoL, IBS symptoms and stool characteristics data were performed in the subgroup of those definitely constipated subjects (n = 19), as defined on the only basis of <3 stools per week; a lower significance level (P < 0.001) was applied for judging results in this subgroup, as recommended.36”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [36] 36. Lagakos SW. The challenge of subgroup analyses : reporting without distorting. N Engl J Med 2006; 354: 1667-1669. source
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“The self-reported levels of product consumption were 96.3 Æ 9.3% and 96.7 Æ 6.1% in the test product and control groups, respectively.”
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“From the 276 enrolled subjects, 274 were randomized.Seven subjects were subsequently excluded (premature withdrawal) leaving 135 subjects assigned to the test product group and 132 to the control group giving an ITT population of 267.”
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“The significant reduction of bloating score we observed appears to be of special interest, as the magnitude of symptom reduction by standard medical care has been shown to be significantly greater in subjects with severe IBS as compared to subjects with moderate or mild IBS.44”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [44] 44. Withehead WE, Palsson OS, Levy RL, Feld AD, VonKorff M, Turner M. Reports of ''satisfactory relief'' by IBS patients receiving usual medical care are con- founded by baseline symptom severity and do not accurately reflect symptom improvement. Am J Gastroenterol 2006; 101: 1057-1065. source
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“This was assessed by the self-administration of the FDDQL questionnaire as developed and validated by Chassany et al., 29”
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“To achieve a number of 114 subjects per group, 138 subjects per group were finally recruited to take into account premature withdrawals and missing values for main criteria.”
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“All analyses were done on the intention-to-treat (ITT) population corresponding to subjects having consumed at least one pot of product.”
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“The primary endpoint as prespecified in the protocol was the discomfort HRQoL dimension that measures the problem impact of the whole IBS symptoms on HRQoL at week 3.”
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“To the best of our knowledge, only two studies 16,17 reporting the effects of probiotics in IBS have used a specific IBS HRQoL questionnaire: this is in line with the limited number of subjects in most of the previously published trials on the probiotics-IBS topic.”
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“A Cochrane systematic review of antispasmodic agents in IBS yielded a number needed to treat of 6. 52”
§ Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 on the health-related quality of life and > DISCUSSION
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“Although IBS is not a lifethreatening disease, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is impaired.[10][11][12][13]”
§ Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 on the health-related quality of life and > INTRODUCTION
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [10] 10. Amouretti M, Le Pen C, Gaudin AF, et al. Impact of irritable bowel syn- drome (IBS) on health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Gastroenterol Clin Biol 2006; 30: 241-246. source
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“HRQoL goes beyond symptoms and functional status and thus measures broader concepts; therefore it is quite logical that the expected improvement over time and the expected differences between groups of the HRQoL endpoint are smaller than the ones expected for symptoms.39”
§ Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 on the health-related quality of life and > DISCUSSION
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“Some probiotic strains, either single (Bifidobacterium Infantis 36524, Lactobacillus Plantarum 299v) or combined (VSL#3), have been associated with a significant alleviation of IBS symptoms, [14][15][16][17] while others proved ineffective.[18][19][20]”
§ Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 on the health-related quality of life and > INTRODUCTION
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [14] 14. Nobaek S, Johansson ML, Molin G, Ahrne S, Jeppsson B. Alteration of intestinal microflora is associated with reduction in abdominal bloating and pain in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Am J Gastroenterol 2000; 95: 1231-1238. source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [15] 15. Kim HJ, Vazquez Roque MI, Camilleri M, et al. A randomized controlled trial of a probiotic combination VSL# 3 and placebo in irritable bowel syndrome with bloating. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2005; 17: 687-696. source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [16] 16. O'Mahony L, McCarthy J, Kelly P, et al. Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium in irritable bowel syndrome: symptom responses and relationship to cytokine profiles. Gastroenterology 2005; 128: 541-551. source
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“Indeed, one study with alosetron has reported a significant improvement of HRQoL, clearly showing the sensitivity of HRQoL instruments to detect positive effects in trials.43”
§ Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 on the health-related quality of life and > DISCUSSION
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [43] 43. Watson ME, Lacey L, Kong S, et al. Alosetron improves quality of life in women with diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome. Am J Gast- roenterol 2001; 96: 455-459. source
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“Bloating, a supportive symptom of IBS diagnosis and a functional bowel disorder per se in the Rome II 7 and the very recent Rome III classifications, 8 is the most common abdominal complaint in IBS subjects, being reported and considered as the most bothersome symptom by 96% and 60% of them respectively. 9”
§ Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 on the health-related quality of life and > INTRODUCTION
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“B. animalis DN-173 010 survives complete transit through the digestive tract and is recovered live in stools in large quantities relative to the quantity initially ingested.[26][27][28]”
§ Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 on the health-related quality of life and > INTRODUCTION
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [26] 26. Berrada N, Lemeland JF, Laroche G, Thouvenot P, Piaia M. Bifidobacterium from fermented milks: Survival during gastric transit. J Dairy Sci 1991; 74: 409-413. source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [27] 27. Pochart P, Marteau P, Bouhnik Y, God- erel I, Bourlioux P, Rambaud JC. Survi- val of Bifidobacteria ingested via fermented milk during their passage through the human small intestine: an in vivo study using intestinal perfusion. Am J Clin Nutr 1992; 55: 78-80. source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [28] 28. Duez H, Pelletier C, Cools S, et al. A colony-immunobloting method for quantitative detection of a Bifidobacte- rium animalis probiotic strain in human faeces. J Appl Microbiol 2000; 88: 1019-1027. source
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“although subjects with mild symptoms are the most likely to report satisfactory relief, they showed, in a recent study, no average decrease in symptom severity or improvement in IBS-QoL, while, conversely, subjects with severe-symptoms had the largest reductions in IBS symptom severity and the largest improvements in IBS-QoL but were the least likely to report satisfactory relief.44”
§ Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 on the health-related quality of life and > DISCUSSION
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [44] 44. Withehead WE, Palsson OS, Levy RL, Feld AD, VonKorff M, Turner M. Reports of ''satisfactory relief'' by IBS patients receiving usual medical care are con- founded by baseline symptom severity and do not accurately reflect symptom improvement. Am J Gastroenterol 2006; 101: 1057-1065. source
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“After a pilot study in a total of 80 male ⁄ female IBS subjects, 16 B. infantis 36524 proved capable in a large-scale trial on 362 (90 per group) primary care female subjects 17 to alleviate major symptoms of IBS, a clinical effect associated with an anti-inflammatory one as suggested by the correction of an abnormal interleukin (IL) 10 ⁄ IL12 blood ratio.16”
§ Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 on the health-related quality of life and > INTRODUCTION
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [16] 16. O'Mahony L, McCarthy J, Kelly P, et al. Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium in irritable bowel syndrome: symptom responses and relationship to cytokine profiles. Gastroenterology 2005; 128: 541-551. source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [17] 17. Whorwell PJ, Altringer L, Morel J, et al. Efficacy of an encapsulated probiotic Bifidobacterium infantis 35624 in women with irritable bowel syndrome. Am J Gastroenterol 2006; 101: 1581- 1590. source
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“The alleviating effect of the latter probiotic has been very recently confirmed and extended, in a large randomized controlled trial.17”
§ Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 on the health-related quality of life and > DISCUSSION
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [17] 17. Whorwell PJ, Altringer L, Morel J, et al. Efficacy of an encapsulated probiotic Bifidobacterium infantis 35624 in women with irritable bowel syndrome. Am J Gastroenterol 2006; 101: 1581- 1590. source
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“a probiotic which previously showed no effect on stool frequency in a more limited number of subjects.16”
§ Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 on the health-related quality of life and > DISCUSSION
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“Consistent with our observation is the previous finding that the probiotics tested in the present study may accelerate the intestinal, especially colonic and sigmoid, speed of transit.[22][23][24][25]”
§ Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 on the health-related quality of life and > DISCUSSION
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“even though the sample size was not calculated for the multiple comparisons done”
§ Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 on the health-related quality of life and > DISCUSSION
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“The most important one 17 concerned 362 primary care subjects with any bowel habit subtype having received for 4 weeks B. infantis 35624”
§ Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 on the health-related quality of life and > DISCUSSION
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [17] 17. Whorwell PJ, Altringer L, Morel J, et al. Efficacy of an encapsulated probiotic Bifidobacterium infantis 35624 in women with irritable bowel syndrome. Am J Gastroenterol 2006; 101: 1581- 1590. source
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“Two studies reported no difference between specific probiotic treatments and placebo,28–37 and one study reported a significant worsening of diarrhoea with the specific probiotic treatment compared with placebo.59”
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“One study in patients with IBS-C36 reported no significant difference between the probiotic and placebo groups for the change from baseline in the discomfort dimension score of the Functional Digestive Disorders Quality of Life (FDDQL) questionnaire (primary end point); however, the probiotic group had a significantly greater proportion of responders for the discomfort dimension score than the”
From Systematic review: probiotics in the management of lower gastrointestinal symptoms in clinical practice - an evidence-based international guide (2013) · cites this paper as [36]
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“and another study of the same probiotic reported a significant improvement from baseline in the probiotic group, but not in the placebo group, in a subanalysis of patients with fewer than three bowel movements/week.36”
From Systematic review: probiotics in the management of lower gastrointestinal symptoms in clinical practice - an evidence-based international guide (2013) · cites this paper as [36]
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“Twelve studies evaluated abdominal pain as a secondary end point only. Results from these studies were mixed: one reported a negative effect of the specific probiotic treatment,59 eight (examining six different probiotics) reported no significant effect28–38 and three reported a significant beneficial effect of three different probiotics35,39”
From Systematic review: probiotics in the management of lower gastrointestinal symptoms in clinical practice - an evidence-based international guide (2013) · cites this paper as [36]
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“all three studies that examined flatus as a primary end point,30,57 and four of seven studies in which flatus was a secondary end point only,28–38 showed no significant difference between seven specific probiotic treatments and control.”
From Systematic review: probiotics in the management of lower gastrointestinal symptoms in clinical practice - an evidence-based international guide (2013) · cites this paper as [36]
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“Two studies evaluated overall IBS symptoms as a secondary end point only, and both reported a significant beneficial effect of the specific probiotic treatments33–39”
From Systematic review: probiotics in the management of lower gastrointestinal symptoms in clinical practice - an evidence-based international guide (2013) · cites this paper as [36]
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“Efficacy of probiotic administration for symptoms of bloating have been less consistently reported153 although some studies in IBS patients have suggested benefit with specific probiotic strains including B. lactis DN-173118, Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010154, and VSL#3155.”
From The gut Microbiome in adult and pediatric functional gastrointestinal disorders (2019) · cites this paper as [154]
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“Several other clinical trials have investigated the effect of either probiotic strain(s) alone, i.e.Propionibacterium (34) and VSL#3 (35) or FM (36,37) and have failed to demonstrate a positive effect on transit time.”
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“These findings are supported by a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial using Bifidobacterium animalis, strain DN-173 010. This trial reported an improved health-related quality of life score in patients with constipation-predominant IBS.32”
From Probiotics and the gut microbiota in intestinal health and disease (2010) · cites this paper as [32]
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“Other smaller studies reported some beneficial effects with other probiotic strains including Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 (74), Bifidobacterium bifidum MIMBb75 (72), Lactobacillus plantarum 299V (117), Saccharomyces boulardii (37), and combination of Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM and Bifidobacterium lactis Bi-07 (144) and multispecies probiotic mixtures (71, 87, 88).”
From Intestinal microbiota and immune function in the pathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome (2013) · cites this paper as [74]
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“Two randomized studies using products containing Bifidobacterium lactis DN-173 010 showed a significant increase in the frequency of evacuation when compared to the control group [13,14].”
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“A study by Guyonet and co-workers [14] showed an improvement in bowel function in constipated subjects with Irritable Bowel Syndrome after the use of the same B. lactis for six weeks.”
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“This large scale (267 IBS constipation predominant, Rome II criteria), double-blind, randomized, controlled, parallel group study over 6 wk demonstrated that daily consumption of this product alleviates bloating and improves digestive comfort as assessed by the Functional Digestive Disorders Quality of Life questionnaire.”
From Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium lactis DN-173010 on Chinese constipated women (2008) · cites this paper as [18]
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“An increase in stool frequency was also observed in subjects with the lowest stool frequency (< 3 or 4 bowel movements/wk) without any change of stool consistency.”
From Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium lactis DN-173010 on Chinese constipated women (2008) · cites this paper as [18]
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“Specific probiotics help relieve overall symptom burden in some patients with IBS High [147,149,150,152,156-157,169, 174,176-178]”
From Gut microbiota role in irritable bowel syndrome: New therapeutic strategies (2016) · cites this paper as [157]
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“Specific probiotics help relieve overall symptom burden in some patients with C-IBS Low [147,156-157]”
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“In addition, probiotic intervention trials showed that Bifidobacterium strains reduced bloating in irritable bowel syndrome.”
From Adaptation to tolerate high doses of arabinoxylan is associated with fecal levels of Bifidobacterium longum (2024) · cites this paper as [60]
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§ Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 on the health-related quality of life and > INTRODUCTION
“B. infantis 36524 proved capable in a large-scale trial on 362 (90 per group) primary care female subjects 17”
§ Effect of a fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 on the health-related quality of life and > References
“17. Whorwell PJ, Altringer L, Morel J, et al. Efficacy of an encapsulated probiotic Bifidobacterium infantis 35624 in women with irritable bowel syndrome.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- GUYONNET, D., CHASSANY, O., DUCROTTE, P., PICARD, C., MOURET, M., MERCIER, C. ‐., & MATUCHANSKY, C.
- Affiliations
- Danone (France) (FR)
- Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen (FR)
- Université Paris Diderot (FR)
- Corresponding author
- GUYONNET, D.
- Venue
- Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2007-05-04
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 475-486
- ISSN
- 0269-2813 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2036
- OpenAlex
- W2149809125
- Cited by
- 365
- References
- 68
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 23 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 18 · 2013: 27 · 2012: 27
- FWCI
- 17.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Keywords
- irritable bowel syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome with constipation, probiotics, fermented milk, yogurt, health-related quality of life, bloating, stool frequency
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Bifidobacterium, Double-Blind Method, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged
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