Ileocecal resection, small bowel transit time, and pH

What is known

• A case-control study using pH-sensitive radiocapsules measured 9 ileocecal-resected CD patients against 13 healthy volunteers. ¹
• SITT was significantly shorter after resection (5.2 vs 8.0 hr); small-intestinal pH was identical, but cecal pH was 0.9 units higher in resected patients. ¹
• The shortened SITT is attributed mainly to loss of the ileocecal valve and is largely independent of resected ileal length or time since resection, potentially affecting pH-dependent oral drug delivery. ¹

What is unknown / caveats

• Single small case-control study (9 patients, 13 controls). No replication in the retrieved corpus
• CD patients compared to healthy volunteers, not to CD patients without resection
• Whether the transit/pH changes translate into measurable differences in oral drug bioavailability was not tested.

References

1. Fallingborg J, Pedersen P, Jacobsen BA. Small intestinal transit time and intraluminal pH in ileocecal resected patients with Crohn's disease. Dig Dis Sci. 1998;43(4):702-5. PMID: 9558022.

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