利福昔明治疗成人急性感染性腹泻的临床研究

目的比较利福昔明与环丙沙星治疗成人感染性腹泻的疗效及安全性。方法用双盲随机的方法将50例急性腹泻患者分入利福昔明组200 mg 2次/d或环丙沙星组200 mg 2次/d,用药3 d,观察药物的止泻天数、止泻率、大便常规复常率以及临床症状的缓解,进行疗效评价。结果利福昔明的止泻率、止泻时间及疗效评价,大便常规复常率,对腹痛、恶心、腹胀等临床症状的缓解率与环丙沙星组比较差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。结论利福昔明是一种安全有效的成人急性感染性腹泻口服治疗药,其疗效与全身作用的环丙沙星相同。     

Rifaximin in patients with lactose intolerance

BACKGROUND: Abdominal symptoms linked to lactose malabsorption may be caused by metabolic activity of colonic bacteria. Rifaximin, a non-absorbable rifampycin derivative, is active against colonic bacteria, it may be useful in the treatment of lactose intolerance. AIM: The aim of this study has been to evaluate short-term rifaximin therapy in patients with lactose intolerance. METHODS: Thirty-two patients with lactose intolerance diagnosed using the hydrogen lactose breath test were studied. Fourteen patients received rifaximin 800 mg/day for 10 days, 13 patients followed a diet without milk for 40 days and 5 patients received a placebo for 10 days. Total breath H(2) excretion expressed as area under the curve, and the symptom score were evaluated in all patients at the start, and subsequently after 10 and 40 days. RESULTS: In the 14 patients who received rifaximin for 10 days, area under the curve at day 10 and day 40 was statistically significantly lower than the one computed at basal (P<0.01). Diet reduced area under the curve progressively reaching statistical significance at day 40, while the placebo did not change area under the curve throughout the study. The total symptom score significantly improved after rifaximin and diet. CONCLUSION: In patients with lactose intolerance, a 10-day therapy with rifaximin as well as 40-day diet without lactose reduces the area under the curve and the symptom score.     

Current approach to treatment of minimal hepatic encephalopathy in patients with liver cirrhosis

Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) corresponds to the earliest stage of hepatic encephalopathy (HE). MHE does not present clinically detectable neurological-psychiatric abnormalities but is characterized by imperceptible neurocognitive alterations detected during routine clinical examination via neuropsychological or psychometrical tests. MHE may affect daily activities and reduce job performance and quality of life. MHE can increase the risk of accidents and may develop into overt encephalopathy, worsening the prognosis of patients with liver cirrhosis. Despite a lack of consensus on the therapeutic indication, interest in finding novel strategies for prevention or reversion has led to numerous clinical trials; their results are the main objective of this review. Many studies address the treatment of MHE, which is mainly based on the strategies and previous management of overt HE. Current alternatives for the management of MHE include measures to maintain nutritional status while avoiding sarcopenia, and manipulation of intestinal microbiota with non-absorbable disaccharides such as lactulose, antibiotics such as rifaximin, and administration of different probiotics. This review analyzes the results of clinical studies that evaluated the effects of different treatments for MHE.     

利福昔明在消化疾病中的临床应用进展

利福昔明(Rifaximin)是利福霉素衍生物,对多种革兰阳性、革兰阴性需氧菌和厌氧菌均有高度抗菌活性,是治疗大肠埃希菌所致旅游者腹泻的一种新药.口服不易被肠道吸收,在肠道内有较高浓度,全身不良反应轻微是其特点.近年来利福昔明在肝性脑病、肠内胀气及肠道气体相关性疾病、憩室病、肠内细菌过度生长、炎症性肠病(IBD)以及幽门螺杆菌感染(H pylori)的根除等疾病治疗中应用日趋广泛并取得了较好疗效.     

Restless Legs Syndrome in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Response to Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Therapy

Background Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) occurs in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and fibromyalgia. Since restless legs syndrome (RLS) occurs with fibromyalgia, a link between IBS, SIBO, and RLS was studied. Methods BS patients with abnormal lactulose breath tests received rifaximin 1,200 mg day⁻¹ for 10 days, followed by tegaserod 3 mg, long-term, and 1 month of zinc 220 mg day⁻¹ and once-daily probiotic (N = 11) or rifaximin monotherapy (N = 2). IBS symptom improvement was assessed after rifaximin. RLS symptoms, IBS symptoms, and overall IBS global improvement were assessed at last posttreatment visit: 8/10 patients were followed long-term (mean, 139 days; range, 54–450 days). Results Ten of 13 patients exhibited ≥80% improvement from baseline in RLS symptoms. Five maintained complete resolution of RLS symptoms. Global gastrointestinal symptom improvement was great (n = 6), moderate (n = 5), or mild (n = 2). Conclusion This study suggests that SIBO associated with IBS may be a factor in some RLS patients and SIBO therapy provides long-term RLS improvement.     

Rifaximin, but not growth factor 1, reduces brain edema in cirrhotic rats

AIM: To compare rifaximin and insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 treatment of hyperammonemia and brain edema in cirrhotic rats with portal occlusion.METHODS: Rats with CCl₄-induced cirrhosis with ascites plus portal vein occlusion and controls were randomized into six groups: Cirrhosis; Cirrhosis + IGF-1; Cirrhosis + rifaximin; Controls; Controls + IGF-1; and Controls + rifaximin. An oral glutamine-challenge test was performed, and plasma and cerebral ammonia, glucose, bilirubin, transaminases, endotoxemia, brain water content and ileocecal cultures were measured and liver histology was assessed.RESULTS: Rifaximin treatment significantly reduced bacterial overgrowth and endotoxemia compared with cirrhosis groups, and improved some liver function parameters (bilirubin, alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase). These effects were associated with a significant reduction in cerebral water content. Blood and cerebral ammonia levels, and area-under-the-curve values for oral glutamine-challenge tests were similar in rifaximin-treated cirrhotic rats and control group animals. By contrast, IGF-1 administration failed to improve most alterations observed in cirrhosis.CONCLUSION: By reducing gut bacterial overgrowth, only rifaximin was capable of normalizing plasma and brain ammonia and thereby abolishing low-grade brain edema, alterations associated with hepatic encephalopathy.     

The intriguing role of Rifaximin in gut barrier chronic inflammation and in the treatment of Crohn’s disease

Introduction: The gastrointestinal tract acts as a functional unit organized as a semipermeable multilayer system, in which commensal gut microbiota represents the anatomical barrier. Recently, several studies have highlighted the involvement of gut microbiota in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) pathogenesis, in sustaining gut barrier chronic inflammation, and in conditioning disease course and therapeutical response. This evidence provides a rationale for treating patients with gut microbiota modifiers. Among these, Rifaximin represents a non-traditional antibiotic able to act as a ‘eubiotic’ on intestinal barrier.

Area covered: The purpose of this narrative review is to explore the impact of Rifaximin on gut barrier and gut microbiota in IBD, in particular in Crohn’s disease (CD), and to analyze its potential therapeutic applications.

Expert opinion: The possibility of a beneficial activity of Rifaximin in chronic intestinal inflammation and CD has been debated and evaluated with different studies having obtained promising but still preliminary data. Larger trials are therefore needed. This gut-specific antibiotic could represent an alternative to systemic antibiotics thanks to its favorable safety profile and promising efficacy data. Rifaximin could exert, when appropriate, a synergic effect with immunomodulators in IBD, acting on both the microbial and the immunological sides of gut barrier impairment.     

Microbiota,infecciones gastrointestinales,inflamación de bajo grado y antibioticoterapia en el síndrome de intestino irritable. Una revisión basada en evidencias

BackgroundPost-infectious irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS) prevalence, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), altered microbiota, low-grade inflammation, and antibiotic therapy in IBS are all controversial issues.AimsTo conduct an evidence-based review of these factors.MethodsA review of the literature was carried out up to July 2012, with the inclusion of additional articles as far as August 2013, all of which were analyzed through the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (OCEBM) system.Results1. There is greater SIBO probability in IBS when breath tests are performed, but prevalence varies widely (2-84%). 2. The gut microbiota in individuals with IBS is different from that in healthy subjects, but a common characteristic present in all the patients has not been established. 3. The incidence and prevalence of PI-IBS varies from 9-10% and 3-17%, respectively, and the latter decreases over time. Bacterial etiology is the most frequent but post-viral and parasitic cases have been reported. 4. A sub-group of patients has increased enterochromaffin cells, intraepithelial lymphocytes, and mast cells in the intestinal mucosa, but no differences between PI-IBS and non-PI-IBS have been determined. 5. Methanogenic microbiota has been associated with IBS with constipation. 6. Rifaximin at doses of 400 mg TID/10 days or 550 mg TID/14 days is effective treatment for the majority of overall symptoms and abdominal bloating in IBS. Retreatment effectiveness appears to be similar to that of the first cycle.ConclusionsFurther studies are required to determine the nature of the gut microbiota in IBS and the differences in low-grade inflammation between PI-IBS and non-PI-IBS. Rifaximin has shown itself to be effective treatment for IBS, regardless of prior factors.     

非吸收性抗生素利福昔明的临床应用进展

非吸收性抗生素在临床中具有特殊的治疗价值,利福昔明作为代表药物在急性肠道感染、肠易激综合征、炎性肠病、结肠憩室病,以及肝性脑病等疾病的治疗中有着很好的疗效和广泛的应用前景.此文对利福昔明治疗相关疾病的临床疗效及安全性研究进展作了综述,为临床合理用药提供参考.