Table 3.
Aims | Efficacy results |
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Primary efficacy outcome: | |
LAMA ratio | • There was no significant difference between larazotide acetate treated groups and placebo group. • The 1 mg larazotide acetate treatment group had the changes in LAMA ratio. However, this was not statistically significant. |
Secondary efficacy outcomes: | |
Gastrointestinal severity symptoms | According to changes in total GSRS and CeD-GSRS score from baseline: • The 1 mg larazotide acetate treatment group had significantly limited gluten induced symptoms versus placebo. • The mean total GSRS and CeD-GSRS scores increased by 0.3–0.4 unit during gluten challenge in the placebo group. However, the 1 mg treatment group remained close to baseline. • The changes in total GSRS score in the 1 mg treatment group were significantly lower than in the placebo group. The biggest difference (0.5 units) between these two was on the diarrhea subdomain of the GSRS. • The scores in the abdominal pain and indigestion subdomains of GSRS were significantly lower in the 1 mg larazotide acetate treatment group versus the placebo group. • The reduction of total GSRS scores in other treatment groups was not significant versus the placebo group. |
Anti-tTG antibodies | • The mean of anti-tTG antibodies levels in the placebo group became 19 U/ml after 6 weeks of gluten challenges. However, the mean levels of antibodies in all treatment groups remained less than 10 U/ml (the cutoff for positive). This was significantly lower than the placebo group. |
Quality of life | • The placebo group had lower PGWBI scores compared with treatment groups (the difference was not significant). |
CeD-GSRS, Celiac Disease Gastrointestinal Rating Symptoms Scale; GSRS, Gastrointestinal Rating Symptoms Scale; LAMA, lactulose to mannitol; PGWBI, Psychological General Well-Being Index; tTG, tissue transglutaminase.