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AGA Issues Gastroparesis Guideline With 12 Conditional Recommendations

The document centers care on individualized decisions informed by a standardized four-hour gastric emptying test.

Overview

  • The guidance names metoclopramide or erythromycin as appropriate initial pharmacologic options.
  • It suggests against first-line use of domperidone, prucalopride, aprepitant, nortriptyline, and buspirone, and advises reserving cannabidiol for clinical trials.
  • For refractory disease, it advises against routine botulinum toxin injection, G-POEM, and gastric electrical stimulation, and makes no recommendation on surgical pyloric procedures.
  • All recommendations are conditional and intended to facilitate shared decision-making rather than mandate care, with “suggested against” not precluding use in select patients.
  • The panel incorporated public comment and calls for research to refine disease definitions and expand treatments, with the guideline published in Gastroenterology.