Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Reduced Days with Defecation Urgency

• Decreasing the Adverse Effects in Pelvic Radiation Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Use of Probiotics.

  • 2023-01
  • RCT
  • Advances in radiation oncology 8(1)
  • • Irini Lazou Ahrén
    • Maria Bjurberg
    • Gunnar Steineck
    • Karin Bergmark
    • Bengt Jeppsson

  • PubMed: 36483069
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2022.101089

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Days with Defecation Urgency

  • High evidence

  and a reduced percentage of days with these symptoms (P = .042)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  1 × 10^10 CFU/capsule twice daily (low dose) and 5 × 10^10 CFU/capsule twice daily (high dose)