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Trial reportNutrients2022

Sodium Butyrate Effectiveness in Children and Adolescents with Newly Diagnosed Inflammatory Bowel Diseases-Randomized Placebo-Controlled Multicenter Trial.

Anna Pietrzak, Marcin Banasiuk, Mariusz Szczepanik, Agnieszka Borys-Iwanicka, Tomasz Pytrus, Jarosław Walkowiak, Aleksandra Banaszkiewicz

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · goldAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nutrients, 2022. 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 46 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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46citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT06419231 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Effects of a Butyrate Formulation and a Butyrate + Polyphenol Formulation on Gut Health, Permeability and Associated Symptoms

TypeinterventionalSponsorSupplement Formulators, Inc.Ran2023 to 2025Enrolled143ConditionsGut HealthArmsButyrate Formulation, Butyrate + Polyphenol Formulation, Placebo
NCT07371975 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

A Study to Evaluate the Effects of a Butyrate-Polyphenol Formulation on Gut Health and Associated Symptoms

TypeinterventionalSponsorSupplement Formulators, Inc.Ran2025 to 2026Enrolled124ConditionsGut HealthArmsButyrate + Polyphenol Formulation, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Short-chain fatty acids in the treatment of ulcerative colitis. Systematic review and meta-analysis.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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  11. The Potential of the Gut Microbiota and Butyrate to Enhance CAR T-cell Therapy in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Anna PietrzakII Gastroenterology Department, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, 01-813 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9394-4470
Marcin BanasiukDepartment of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland.
Mariusz SzczepanikDepartment of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Metabolic Diseases, University of Medical Sciences, 60-572 Poznan, Poland.
Agnieszka Borys-IwanickaDepartment of Paediatrics, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-369 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8601-554X
Tomasz PytrusDepartment of Paediatrics, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-369 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7609-8479
Jarosław WalkowiakDepartment of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Metabolic Diseases, University of Medical Sciences, 60-572 Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5813-5707
Aleksandra BanaszkiewiczDepartment of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland.
Medical University of Warsaw · PLPoznan University of Medical Sciences · PLWroclaw Medical University · PLPostgraduate School of Molecular Medicine · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundButyric acid's effectiveness has not yet been assessed in the pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) population. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of oral sodium butyrate as an add-on to standard therapy in children and adolescents with newly diagnosed IBD.

methodsThis was a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled multicenter study. Patients aged 6-18 years with colonic Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, who received standard therapy depending on the disease's severity, were randomized to receive 150 mg sodium butyrate twice a day (group A) or placebo (group B). The primary outcome was the difference in disease activity and fecal calprotectin concentration between the two study groups measured at 12 weeks of the study.

resultsIn total, 72 patients with initially active disease completed the study, 29 patients in group A and 43 in group B. At week 12 of the study, the majority of patients achieved remission. No difference in remission rate or median disease activity was found between the two groups (

conclusionsA 12-week supplementation with sodium butyrate, as adjunctive therapy, did not show efficacy in newly diagnosed children and adolescents with IBD.

Indexed as

Colitis, UlcerativeCrohn DiseaseInflammatory Bowel DiseasesAdolescentButyric AcidChildHumansProspective StudiesButyric AcidCrohn’s diseasesodium butyrateulcerative colitis

Identifiers

PMID36014789
PMCPMC9414716
OpenAlexW4291017131

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