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ReviewAlimentary pharmacology & therapeutics2025

Review Article: Rome Foundation Working Team Report: Consensus Statement on the Design and Conduct of Behavioural Clinical Trials for Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction.

Helen Burton-Murray, Livia Guadagnoli, Kendra Kamp, Inês A Trindade, Lynda H Powell, Magnus Simrén, Brjánn Ljótsson, Laurie Keefer

Abstract readReviewConsensus Statement
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Review in Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. The Challenges of Performing Controlled Trials of Diet Therapies in Gastroenterology.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Helen Burton-MurrayDivision of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2059-3256
Livia GuadagnoliDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Kendra KampDepartment of Biobehavioural Nursing and Health Informatics, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Inês A TrindadeEMBRACE Lab, School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences, University of Örebro, Örebro, Sweden.
Lynda H PowellDepartment of Family and Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Magnus SimrénDepartment of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Brjánn LjótssonDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Laurie KeeferDivision of Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.

Funding

A Biobehavioral Approach to Understand Problematic Avoidant/Restrictive Eating in Adults with Functional DyspepsiaK23DK131334 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BURTON MURRAY, HELEN · 2021 to 2025
$1.1M
A Comprehensive Self-Management Intervention for individuals with Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseK23NR020044 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI KAMP, KENDRA JOY · 2022 to 2024
$430k
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 12A7822NNIDDK NIH HHS K23 DK131334NIDDK NIH HHS K23 NR020044NINR NIH HHS K23 NR020044
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBrain-gut behaviour therapies (BGBT) have gained widespread acceptance as therapeutic modalities for the management of disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI). However, existing treatment evaluation methods in the medical field fail to capture the specific elements of scientific rigour unique to behavioural trial evaluation.

aimsTo offer the first consensus on the development and testing of BGBT in DGBI.

methodsAn international, interdisciplinary team of experts developed a consensus statement heavily informed by best practice recommendations for behavioural clinical trials for chronic diseases, organised by a selected treatment development model.

resultsWe suggest an existing behavioural treatment development model that has an iterative progression aligned with the drug development model with nuances specific to BGBT. We describe the iterative phases through initial discovery and experimental work, assembly of a mechanistic pathway and candidate treatment components, treatment refinement and optimisation, initial proof-of-concept, feasibility of clinical trials and, finally, confirmatory efficacy and effectiveness testing. We delineate recommendations for and provide examples that lend themselves to gastroenterologists planning to develop or test BGBT, reviewing proposals for or results from BGBT studies or writing management guidelines for DGBI.

conclusionsThis working team report facilitates a shared understanding of the elements of scientific rigour necessary for BGBT development and could support future standards on which BGBT are evaluated in gastroenterology.

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Behavior TherapyBrainClinical Trials as TopicGastrointestinal DiseasesHumansResearch Designbrain–gut behaviour therapyclinical trialsdisorders of gut–brain interactionefficacyminimum clinically important differenceORBIT model

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