Trial reportGastroenterology2015
Proton Pump Inhibitors Alter Specific Taxa in the Human Gastrointestinal Microbiome: A Crossover Trial.
Trial report in Gastroenterology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 167 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effects of Gastric Acid Suppression on the Colonic Microbiome
Factors Influencing the Human Gut Microbiome Profile in Multi-ethnic Groups of the Singapore Community (FAMES)
Who cites it
167 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 310 citations in OpenAlex.
- Meta-analysis of the effects of proton pump inhibitors on the human gut microbiota.BMC microbiology · 2023Pooled it
- Interventions on Microbiota: Where Do We Stand on a Gut-Brain Link in Autism? A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Is there a role of faecal microbiota transplantation in reducing antibiotic resistance burden in gut? A systematic review and Meta-analysis.Annals of medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Meta-analysis: proton pump inhibitors moderately increase the risk of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.Journal of gastroenterology · 2018Pooled it
- Association between proton pump inhibitors and hepatic encephalopathy: A meta-analysis.Medicine · 2017Pooled it
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- Celiac disease serology and gut microbiome following proton pump inhibitor treatment.Medicine · 2020Trial
- Rosuvastatin alters the genetic composition of the human gut microbiome.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- Microbiota Transfer Therapy alters gut ecosystem and improves gastrointestinal and autism symptoms: an open-label study.Microbiome · 2017Trial
- The Influence of Proton Pump Inhibitors on the Fecal Microbiome of Infants with Gastroesophageal Reflux-A Prospective Longitudinal Interventional Study.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2017Trial
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- Microbial shifts in early life: the pediatric gut microbiome and its role in health and disease.Gut microbes · 2026Review
- Microbes and medicines: interrelationships between pharmaceuticals and the gut microbiome.Gut microbes · 2026Review
- Impact of Gastric Acid Suppression on Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- Chronic proton pump inhibitor exposure aggravates intestinal injury by impairing intestinal stem cell self-renewal through the microbiota-7-ketolithocholic acid Axis.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Article
- Altered Pathogen Spectrum of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Patients Treated With Proton Pump Inhibitors.Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2026Article
- Pharmacomicrobiomics of Non-Antibiotic Drugs: Mechanisms and Clinical Consequences of Gut Microbiota Alterations.Pharmaceutics · 2026Review
- Initiation of proton pump inhibitors is associated with gut microbiome diversity and composition: a new-user target trial emulation within the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.American journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Microbiome responses to anthelmintic treatment depend on pre-treatment helminth infection status in young Ethiopian children.Communications medicine · 2026Article
107 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
We conducted an open-label crossover trial to test whether proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) affect the gastrointestinal microbiome to facilitate Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). Twelve healthy volunteers each donated 2 baseline fecal samples, 4 weeks apart (at weeks 0 and 4). They then took PPIs for 4 weeks (40 mg omeprazole, twice daily) and fecal samples were collected at week 8. Six individuals took the PPIs for an additional 4 weeks (from week 8 to 12) and fecal samples were collected from all subjects at week 12. Samples were analyzed by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing. We found no significant within-individual difference in microbiome diversity when we compared changes during baseline vs changes on PPIs. There were, however, significant changes during PPI use in taxa associated with CDI (increased Enterococcaceae and Streptococcaceae, decreased Clostridiales) and taxa associated with gastrointestinal bacterial overgrowth (increased Micrococcaceae and Staphylococcaceae). In a functional analysis, there were no changes in bile acids on PPIs, but there was an increase in genes involved in bacterial invasion. These alterations could provide a mechanism by which PPIs predispose to CDI. ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT01901276.
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