IBS Trials Should Gauge Efficacy In Maintenance And Retreatment, FDA Says

Agency’s final guidance on clinical evaluation of irritable bowel syndrome drugs says sponsors should assess benefits of maintenance therapy and repeated courses of treatment in addition to short-term efficacy. The recommendations on clinical endpoints are “provisional” pending development of new patient-reported outcome measures.

Clinical trials for irritable bowel syndrome treatments should be designed to demonstrate not just short-term benefit but also efficacy in maintenance and retreatment, FDA said in a recently finalized guidance on IBS drug development.

The recommendation for evaluation of longer-term effects marks a change from a 2010 draft guidance, which focused on efficacy over a two- to

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