Relamorelin Reduces Vomiting Frequency and Severity and Accelerates Gastric Emptying in Adults With Diabetic Gastroparesis.

Background & Aims: Gastroparesis is an important complication of diabetes. We investigated the effects of relamorelin (a pentapeptide-selective agonist of the ghrelin receptor that speeds gastric emptying in patients with diabetes) in patients with diabetic gastroparesis.

Methods: We performed a double-blind trial of 204 patients (78% Caucasian; 67% female; mean age, 55 y; 88% with type 2 diabetes) with diabetic gastroparesis with moderate to severe symptoms and delayed gastric emptying at 27 clinical centers, from June 2012 until August 2013.