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Trial reportDigestion2017

The Ameliorating Effect of Lactobacillus gasseri OLL2716 on Functional Dyspepsia in Helicobacter pylori-Uninfected Individuals: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Toshihiro Ohtsu, Atsushi Takagi, Naomi Uemura, Kazuhiko Inoue, Hisakuni Sekino, Akihiro Kawashima, Masayuki Uchida, Yasuhiro Koga

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Digestion, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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35citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Intervention WithFood science & nutrition · 2026
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  13. [Novel Insights into Pathophysiology and Treatment of Functional Dyspepsia Management].The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi · 2025
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  16. The Association between Functional Dyspepsia and Metabolic Syndrome-The State of the Art.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024
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  19. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Toshihiro OhtsuFood Science Research Laboratories, Meiji Co. Ltd., Odawara, Japan.
Atsushi Takagi
Naomi Uemura
Kazuhiko Inoue
Hisakuni Sekino
Akihiro Kawashima
Masayuki Uchida
Yasuhiro Koga
BioScience Laboratories (United States) · USCenter for Global Health · USTokai University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimsProbiotics appear to improve Helicobacter pylori-associated dyspepsia via an inhibitory effect on H. pylori; however, uncertainty exists regarding their effects in H. pylori-uninfected individuals. We evaluated the efficacy of Lactobacillus gasseri OLL2716 (L. gasseri OLL2716) on H. pylori-uninfected individuals with functional dyspepsia (FD).

methodsA double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, randomized, controlled trial was performed. Participants were randomly assigned to ingest L. gasseri OLL2716-containing yogurt (L. gasseri OLL2716 group) or L. gasseri OLL2716-free yogurt (placebo group) for 12 weeks. Participants completed questionnaires that dealt with a global assessment as well as symptom severity. The per-protocol (PP) population was evaluated for efficacy in accordance with a plan prepared beforehand.

resultsRandomization was performed on 116 individuals; the PP population consisted of 106 individuals (mean age 42.8 ± 9.0). The impressions regarding the overall effect on gastric symptoms were more positive in the L. gasseri OLL2716 group compared to that in the placebo group (statistical trend; p = 0.073). The elimination rate for major FD symptoms was 17.3 and 35.3% in the placebo and L. gasseri OLL2716 groups respectively (p = 0.048).

conclusionL. gasseri OLL2716 has beneficial effects on FD without H. pylori involvement.

Indexed as

Lactobacillus gasseriAdultDouble-Blind MethodDyspepsiaFemaleHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriHumansMaleMiddle AgedProbioticsSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment OutcomeYogurtEpigastricFunctional gastrointestinal disorderPostprandial distress syndromeProbioticsRome III classification

Identifiers

PMID28768250
PMCPMC5637312
OpenAlexW2740670590

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