Table 1.

Examples of treatment success of gastrointestinal disorders

Gastrointestinal disorder	Treatment success
Dyspepsia	Improvement in dyspepsia clinical scores, such as a dyspepsia score [25,26], the Global Overall Severity score [27]
Peptic ulcer	• Complete healing of the ulcer as observed from endoscopy [28]; or
	• Presence of negative tests for Helicobacter pylori 4 weeks or longer after the end of therapy [29]
IBS	Improvement in IBS clinical scores, such as:
	• IBS-related symptom score [30]
	• Functional Bowel Disorder Severity Index [31]
	• IBS Severity Scoring System [32]
IBD - Crohn’s disease	Improvement in the Crohn's Disease Activity Index [33]
IBD - ulcerative colitis	Improvement in the clinical scores, such as Mayo Clinic Score [34], Modified Mayo Disease Activity Index [35]
GERD	Improvement in clinical scores, such as GERD score [36], Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Activity Index [37]
GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; IBS, irritable bowel disease.