Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Reduced Total Bilirubin Level

• Assessment of Lactobacillus casei rhamnosus (LGG) therapy in children with biliary atresia - Randomized placebo controlled trial.

  • 2021-11
  • RCT · n = 16
  • Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology 45(6)
  • • Ewa Orłowska
    • Piotr Czubkowski
    • Katarzyna Wołochowska
    • Dorota Jarzębicka
    • Ilona Motyl
    • Piotr Socha

  • PubMed: 34311135
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2021.101753

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Total Bilirubin Level

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  The level of total bilirubin decreased below 2 mg/dl after 6 months of the study in 6 (42.8%) patients in the LGG group and in 8 (50%) patients in the placebo group (p = 0.73).

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  Not stated in abstract