AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on Management of Gastroparesis – Gastroenterology Journal Report (2025) Kyle Staller

Description

This guideline by the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) provides 12 recommendations for the accurate diagnosis and evidence-based treatment of idiopathic and diabetic gastroparesis, a complex gastric motility disorder characterized by delayed gastric emptying. It conditionally recommends 4-hour gastric emptying testing and the use of metoclopramide and erythromycin, while advising against routine initial use of therapies like domperidone, prucalopride, or gastric per-oral endoscopic pyloromyotomy.