Vibrating colon-stimulating capsule to treat chronic constipation: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: In August 2022, the United States Food and Drug Administration issued marketing authorization for an orally administered vibrating colon-stimulating capsule for treating chronic idiopathic constipation. We aimed to review the literature systematically and synthesize evidence on the role of the vibrating capsule in chronic idiopathic constipation. A comprehensive search was conducted on PubMed, Embase, International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (World Health Organization), Cochrane Library databases, and two pre-print servers (medRxiv.org and Research Square) until 31 December 2022, to identify published pre-clinical and clinical original studies evaluating the role of the vibrating capsule in patients with chronic constipation. The studies were critically analyzed, and data were extra

SUBMITTER: Math PB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10600682 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature