Long-term Oral Esomeprazole for Prevention of Peptic Ulcer Rebleeding in High-risk Patients

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a long-term prophylactic use of esomeprazole 20 mg twice daily or once daily has prevention effectiveness in reducing the recurrence of peptic ulcer bleeding after ulcer healed with 16-week oral esomeprazole therapy in high-risk patients whose Rockall score ≥ 6.

Timeline

Start

2015-04

Primary completion

2020-12-31

Completion

2020-12-31

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper For the primary outcome, groups D and S comprised a higher proportion of rebleeding-free than Group C (P = 0.008 and 0.03, log-rank test). PMID 36271335 ↗

Publications

• Background Chan HL, Wu JC, Chan FK, Choi CL, Ching JY, Lee YT, Leung WK, Lau JY, Chung SC, Sung JJ. Is non-Helicobacter pylori, non-NSAID peptic ulcer a common cause of upper GI bleeding? A prospective study of 977 patients. Gastrointest Endosc. 2001 Apr;53(4):438-42. doi: 10.1067/mge.2001.112840.
• Background Hung LC, Ching JY, Sung JJ, To KF, Hui AJ, Wong VW, Leong RW, Chan HL, Wu JC, Leung WK, Lee YT, Chung SC, Chan FK. Long-term outcome of Helicobacter pylori-negative idiopathic bleeding ulcers: a prospective cohort study. Gastroenterology. 2005 Jun;128(7):1845-50. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.03.026.
• Background Chow DK, Sung JJ. Non-NSAID non-H. pylori ulcer disease. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 2009;23(1):3-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bpg.2008.11.010.
• Background Wong GL, Wong VW, Chan Y, Ching JY, Au K, Hui AJ, Lai LH, Chow DK, Siu DK, Lui YN, Wu JC, To KF, Hung LC, Chan HL, Sung JJ, Chan FK. High incidence of mortality and recurrent bleeding in patients with Helicobacter pylori-negative idiopathic bleeding ulcers. Gastroenterology. 2009 Aug;137(2):525-31. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.05.006. Epub 2009 May 13.
• Background Rockall TA, Logan RF, Devlin HB, Northfield TC. Risk assessment after acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Gut. 1996 Mar;38(3):316-21. doi: 10.1136/gut.38.3.316.
• Background Cheng HC, Wu CT, Chang WL, Cheng WC, Chen WY, Sheu BS. Double oral esomeprazole after a 3-day intravenous esomeprazole infusion reduces recurrent peptic ulcer bleeding in high-risk patients: a randomised controlled study. Gut. 2014 Dec;63(12):1864-72. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2013-306531. Epub 2014 Mar 21.
• Background Marmo R, Koch M, Cipolletta L, Capurso L, Grossi E, Cestari R, Bianco MA, Pandolfo N, Dezi A, Casetti T, Lorenzini I, Germani U, Imperiali G, Stroppa I, Barberani F, Boschetto S, Gigliozzi A, Gatto G, Peri V, Buzzi A, Della Casa D, Di Cicco M, Proietti M, Aragona G, Giangregorio F, Allegretta L, Tronci S, Michetti P, Romagnoli P, Piubello W, Ferri B, Fornari F, Del Piano M, Pagliarulo M, Di Mitri R, Trallori G, Bagnoli S, Frosini G, Macchiarelli R, Sorrentini I, Pietrini L, De Stefano S, Ceglia T, Chiozzini G, Salvagnini M, Di Muzio D, Rotondano G; Italian registry on upper gastrointestinal bleeding (Progetto Nazionale Emorragie Digestive--PNED 2). Predicting mortality in non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeders: validation of the Italian PNED Score and Prospective Comparison with the Rockall Score. Am J Gastroenterol. 2010 Jun;105(6):1284-91. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2009.687. Epub 2010 Jan 5.
• Chiang HC, Yang EH, Hu HM, Chen WY, Chang WL, Wu CT, Wu DC, Sheu BS, Cheng HC. An extended 36-week oral esomeprazole improved long-term recurrent peptic ulcer bleeding in patients at high risk of rebleeding. BMC Gastroenterol. 2022 Oct 21;22(1):439. doi: 10.1186/s12876-022-02534-0.

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