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Outcomes/Endpoints in Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials

About

Because of the complexity of the functional gastrointestinal disorders, it has been difficult over the years to determine which outcome measures and endpoints should be used in clinical trials of pharmaceutical agents. Some trials have used a global relief measure as a primary endpoint, while others have focused on symptom improvement. This working team conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the psychometric and performance characteristics of primary endpoints used in large multi-center therapeutic trials for irritable bowel syndrome using pharmacological approaches.

Publications

Psychometric Evaluation of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Irritable Bowel Syndrome Randomized Controlled Trials: A Rome Foundation Report

Spiegel, B., Camilleri, M., Bolus, R., Andresen, V., Chey, W. D., Fehnel, S. Mangel, A., Talley, N., Whitehead, W. E.
(2009). Gastroenterology, 137(6), 1944-1953.e1943
Abstract

Members of the Working Team

Chair

Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Viola Andresen, MD

Hamburg, Germany

Allen Mangel, MD, PhD

RTI Health Solutions
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

Roger Bolus, PhD

Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
UCLA/VA Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE)
Los Angeles, California

Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS

Department of Medicine
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
UCLA/VA Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE)
Los Angeles, California

Nicholas Talley, MD, PhD

Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida

Peter Whorwell, MD, FRCP

Gastroenterology Department
Wythenshawe Hospital
Manchester University, Manchester, UK

William Whitehead, PhD

University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA