Biomerica Inc. announced that Houston Methodist will start enrollment for the clinical trial of its new InFoods diagnostic-guided therapy (DGT) to alleviate Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) symptoms. Houston Methodist will join Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc. and the University of Michigan as primary enrollment centers for this study. The InFoods endpoint trial is expected to be completed before 2020. Biomerica is now in the process of adding several new large medical groups (including Houston Methodist) to assist with accelerating the endpoint trial and participate in the subsequent pivotal trial needed for final FDA clearance. Further, by adding large world-renowned centers to its trials, Biomerica continues to grow the number of leading gastrointestinal (GI) physicians using the InFoods IBS product during the trials and once FDA clearance is received. The patented Biomerica InFoods IBS product is designed to allow physicians to identify patient specific foods (e.g. pork, milk, shrimp, broccoli, chickpeas, etc.), that when removed from the diet, may alleviate or improve an individual's IBS symptoms including constipation, diarrhea, bloating, abdominal cramps, pain and indigestion. The InFoods® IBS point-of-care product is being developed to allow physicians to perform the test in-office using a finger stick blood sample. A clinical lab version of the product is being used in this clinical trial. A billable CPT code that can be used by both clinical labs and physicians' offices is already available for InFoods IBS products. Market research conducted by a leading independent pharmaceutical marketing research firm determined that seventy percent (70 %) of physicians surveyed would use the InFoods® DGT without reimbursement and 90% would use it with reimbursement. Importantly, the InFoods DGT can be used without or in conjunction with current pharmacotherapy to potentially improve patient outcomes. Since the InFoods product is a diagnostic guided therapy and not a drug, it has no drug type side effects. The clinical trials are randomized, double-blinded, and placebo-controlled. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc., a Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital, has completed its enrollment of patients for this endpoint study but will continue to participate in the final pivotal trial once that commences. The University of Michigan will continue to enroll patients in this endpoint trial along with Houston Methodist and others. This clinical endpoint trial is expected to be completed in approximately 9 months. If all goes as expected, Biomerica is looking to commence the final pivotal trial a few months thereafter, which is needed for submission to the FDA for final clearance. The endpoint trial stratifies enrollment by the three main IBS subclasses (IBS-Constipation, IBS-Diarrhea and IBS-Mixed). There is currently no FDA cleared therapy for IBS-Mixed. The study design has already received a non-significant risk determination from FDA.