Lactobacillus plantarum 299v and Reduced Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms

• Efficacy of Probiotics in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

  • 2023-11
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 7,000
  • Gastroenterology 165(5)
  • • Vivek C Goodoory
    • Mais Khasawneh
    • Christopher J Black
    • Eamonn M M Quigley
    • Paul Moayyedi
    • Alexander C Ford

  • PubMed: 37541528
  • DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2023.07.018

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Clinical

  low certainty for Lactobacillus strains and Lactobacillus plantarum 299V

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

• Role of Lactobacillus plantarum 299v versus Placebo in symptomatic improvement of irritable bowel syndrome patients.

  • 2022-02-03
  • RCT · n = 190
  • JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 72(3)
  • • Ahmad Nawaz Babar
    • Muhammad Kamran Hassan
    • Fazl Ullah
    • Anwar Ullah

  • PubMed: 35320214
  • DOI: 10.47391/jpma.0758

  7 Insights on

  • Reduced Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms

  • High evidence
  • Large Human Trial

  There was no significant difference in terms of relieving abdominal pain, bloating and rectal emptying between the groups (p>0.05).

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No