Symptom Control Satisfaction With Proton Pump Inhibitor Regimen

Summary

The overall aim of this study is to assess if patients with persistent gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms receiving sub-optimal omeprazole dosing experience improvement in GERD symptoms when prescribed an optimal dosing regimen. The optimal dosing regimen is defined as taking omeprazole 30 minutes prior to the first meal of the day.

Timeline

Start

2014-08

Primary completion

2015-12

Completion

2015-12

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper GSAS symptom, frequency, and severity scores were significantly better when dosing was optimized for overall and heartburn-specific symptoms (P < 0.01 for all parameters). PMID 30094626 ↗

Publications

• Results Waghray A, Waghray N, Perzynski AT, Votruba M, Wolfe MM. Optimal Omeprazole Dosing and Symptom Control: A Randomized Controlled Trial (OSCAR Trial). Dig Dis Sci. 2019 Jan;64(1):158-166. doi: 10.1007/s10620-018-5235-9. Epub 2018 Aug 9.

Drugs

Indications