JANUARY 15, 2025

GLP-1s May Slow Gastric Transit Time in Capsule Endoscopy

Gastric transit time was significantly longer and incomplete small bowel evaluation was more common in patients undergoing video capsule endoscopy while on glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists compared with matched controls not taking the drugs in a new study presented at ACG 2024.

A nonsignificant increase in small bowel transit time also was observed, according to investigator Tarek Odah, MD, a research fellow at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla.

As GLP-1s have emerged as a widely used