Effect of Sequential Erythromycin and Octreotide on Antroduodenal Manometry

ABSTRACT Background: In earlier studies, erythromycin stimulated but octreotide inhibited gastric antral contractions, as each drug induced phase 3‐like episodes. Methods: To assess the effect of erythromycin pretreatment on octreotide‐induced changes in antroduodenal motility, 16 patients were stud...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 1999-09, Vol.29 (3), p.293-296
Hauptverfasser: Di Lorenzo, Carlo, Lucanto, Cristina, Flores, Alejandro F., Idries, Shaheen, Hyman, Paul E.
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Zusammenfassung:ABSTRACT Background: In earlier studies, erythromycin stimulated but octreotide inhibited gastric antral contractions, as each drug induced phase 3‐like episodes. Methods: To assess the effect of erythromycin pretreatment on octreotide‐induced changes in antroduodenal motility, 16 patients were studied (mean age, 8.7 ± 1.5 years, 8 male): 6 with severe gastroesophageal reflux, 4 with cyclic vomiting, 3 with gastroparesis, 2 with chronic intestinal pseudo‐obstruction, and 1 with Crohn's disease and unexplained nausea and vomiting. After recording fasting antroduodenal motility for 3 hours, 1 mg/kg intravenous erythromycin was administered over 30 minutes. Sixty minutes after the erythromycin infusion, 0.5 µg/kg subcutaneous octreotide was administered, followed 1 hour later by a meal. Results: Phase 3 occurred spontaneously in 10 patients and after erythromycin in 12 patients. When administered after erythromycin, octreotide immediately induced phase 3s contractions in 15 patients, beginning in the antrum. In 7 children, some of the octreotide‐induced phase 3s did not propagate. After the meal, antral contractions continued in all patients. The fed pattern was replaced in 14 patients by alternating phase 3 and phase 1 activities. Conclusions: Pretreatment with erythromycin prevented octreotide‐induced inhibition of antral contractions. Inhibition of antral contractions by octreotide may be mediated through either a direct or indirect suppression of motilin release, because antral contractions persist after pretreatment with the motilin receptor agonist erythromycin.
ISSN:0277-2116
1536-4801
DOI:10.1002/j.1536-4801.1999.tb02417.x