Nexium Dyspepsia/AST

Summary

The aim is to evaluate if the resolution of upper abdominal symptoms (pain or burning) during an acid suppressive test trial of esomprazole given daily for 7 days predicts symptoms resolution at the end of a subsequent treatment period of 7 weeks.

Timeline

Start

2002-12

Primary completion

2005-01

Completion

2005-01

Publications

• van Zanten SV, Wahlqvist P, Talley NJ, Halling K, Vakil N, Lauritsen K, Flook N, Persson T, Bolling-Sternevald E; STARS II Investigators. Randomised clinical trial: the burden of illness of uninvestigated dyspepsia before and after treatment with esomeprazole--results from the STARS II study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2011 Oct;34(7):714-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2011.04789.x. Epub 2011 Aug 17.
• van Zanten SV, Flook N, Talley NJ, Vakil N, Lauritsen K, Bolling-Sternevald E, Persson T, Bjorck E, Svedberg LE; STARS II Study Group. One-week acid suppression trial in uninvestigated dyspepsia patients with epigastric pain or burning to predict response to 8 weeks' treatment with esomeprazole: a randomized, placebo-controlled study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Sep 1;26(5):665-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2007.03409.x.

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