Review
Copyright ©2006 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Oct 7, 2006; 12(37): 5941-5950
Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.5941
Table 1 Clinical studies of probiotics in IBD
AuthorDesignGroup (Dose/d) (n)
Results
ProbioticComparator
Induction of remission of ulcerative colitis
Kato 2004 [87]DB, R, CBifidobacterium fermented milk (100 mL) (10)Placebo (10)Reduced UCDAI (P < 0.05)
Rembacken 1999 [85]DB, R, CE. coli Nissle 1917 (1 × 1011 cfu) (57)Mesalamine (59)As effective as mesalamine at attaining remission
Bibiloni 2005 [88]Open-labelVSL#3 (3.6 × 109 cfu) (32)None77% remission or response rate
Ishikawa 2003 [86]R, CLactobacillus and Bifidobacterium-fermented milk (100 mL) (11)Placebo (10)Reduced exacerbation of symptoms (P < 0.01)
Borody 2003 [90]Case reportsFecal enema (6)None100% remission
Maintenance of remission of ulcerative colitis
Kruis 2004 [82]DB, R, CE. coli Nissle 1917(2.5-25 × 109 cfu) (162)Mesalamine (165)As effective as mesalamine at maintaining remission (P = 0.003)
Zocco 2006 [83]Open-labelLactobacillus GG (1.8 × 1010 cfu) (65)Mesalamine (60) Mesalamine + LGG (62)No difference in relapse rates at 12 mo. LGG more effective than mesalamine at prolonging relapse-free time (P < 0.05)
Shanahan 2006 [117]DB, R, CLactobacillus salivarius or Bifidobacterium infantus (1 × 109 cfu) (52/group)Placebo (53)No improvement of time to relapse
Venturi 1999 [84]Open-labelVSL#3 (1 × 1012 cfu) (20)None75% maintained clinical and endoscopic remission
Induction of remission of Crohn’s disease
Schultz 2004 [97]DB, R, CLactobacillus GG (2 × 109 cfu) (5)Placebo (6)No difference in remission rates
McCarthy 2001 [118]Open-labelLactobacillus salivarius (1 × 1010 cfu) (25)NoneReduced disease activity compared with baseline
Gupta 2000 [119]Open-labelLactobacillus GG (2 × 1010 cfu) (4)NoneImprovement in CDAI scores compared with baseline (P < 0.05)
Maintenance of remission of Crohn’s disease
Prantera 2002 [95]DB, R, CLactobacillus GG (1.2 × 1010 cfu) (23)Placebo (22)No significant difference in remission
Campieri 2000 [120]R, CVSL#3 (3 × 1011 cfu) (20)Mesalamine (20)Equivalent to mesalamine in preventing recurrence
Marteau 2006 [94]DB, R, CLactobacillus johnsonii LA1(2 × 109 cfu) (48)Placebo (50)No difference in endoscopic recurrence
Malchow 1997 [93]DB, R, CE. coli Nissle 1917 (5 × 1010 cfu) (16)Placebo (12)No difference in remission rates
Bousvaros 2005 [96]DB, R, CLactobacillus GG (2 × 1010 cfu) (39)Placebo (36)No difference in time to relapse
Guslandi 2000 [91]R, C 6 moSaccharomyces boulardii (1 g/d) + mesalamine (2g) (16)Mesalamine (16)Significant prolongation of remission (P < 0.05)
Induction of remission of pouchitis
Kuisma 2003 [80]DB, R, CLactobacillus GG (1 × 1010 cfu) (10)Placebo (10)No difference in PDAI
Laake 2004 [121]Open-labelLactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium lactis-fermented milk (500 mL) (51)NoneImproved PDAI, no difference in histology
Gionchetti 2000 [78]DB, R, CVSL#3 (6 g) (20)Placebo (20)Increased remission time (P < 0.001)
Mimura 2004 [122]DB, R, CVSL#3 (6 g) (20 )Placebo (16)Increased remission time (P < 0.0001)
Gionchetti 2003 [79]DB, R, CVSL#3 (1 × 1011) (20)Placebo (20)Increased remission time (P < 0.05)
Table 2 Clinical studies of prebiotics in IBD
AuthorDesignGroup (Dose/d) (n)
Results
ProbioticComparator
Induction of remission of ulcerative colitis
Kanauchi 2003 [112]Open labelConventional therapy + Germinated barley foodstuff (20-30 g) (21)Conventional therapyImproved UCDAI
Furrie 2005 [114]DB, R, CB. longum (2 × 1011) + inulin/oligofructose (6 g) (9)Placebo (9)Sigmoidoscopy scores reduced (P = 0.06) β-defensins, TNFα , IL-1α levels decreased (P < 0.05)
Maintenance of remission of ulcerative colitis
Hanai 2004 [113]Open labelConventional therapy + Germinated barley foodstuff (20 g) (22)Conventional therapy (37)Improved UCDAI and endoscopic scores
Induction of remission of Crohn’s disease
Lindsay 2006 [115]Open labelFructo-oligosaccharides (15 g) (10)NoneIncrease in IL-10 expressing intestinal dendritic cells