Impact of Helicobacter pylori eradication on heartburn in patients with gastric or duodenal ulcer disease - results from a randomized trial programme
Autor: | P. Malfertheiner, J. Dent, L. Zeijlon, P. Sipponen, S. J. O. Veldhuyzen Van Zanten, C.-F. Burman, T Lind, M Wrangstadh, E BayerdÖrffer, J Lonovics |
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Rok vydání: | 2002 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.drug_class Proton-pump inhibitor macromolecular substances Gastroenterology Pharmacotherapy Internal medicine medicine Pharmacology (medical) Omeprazole Antibacterial agent Hepatology biology business.industry digestive oral and skin physiology Heartburn Odds ratio Helicobacter pylori medicine.disease biology.organism_classification digestive system diseases medicine.symptom business Esophagitis medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 16:1431-1442 |
ISSN: | 0269-2813 |
Popis: | Summary Background : Helicobacter pylori infection has been proposed as a protective factor against the development of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Aim : To study heartburn and endoscopic findings before and after H. pylori eradication therapy in patients with peptic ulcer disease. Methods : In a multicentre trial programme, patients (n = 1497) were randomized to the omeprazole triple therapy group or to the control group, and were followed for 1–6 months after treatment. Patients in whom the infection was eradicated were compared with those in whom infection persisted. The severity of heartburn was measured at baseline and at each return visit. Endoscopy was performed 6 months after therapy in two of the five studies. Results : In patients with duodenal ulcer, there was a significantly lower prevalence of heartburn after successful eradication of H. pylori relative to that after failed eradication (estimated odds ratio, 0.48). The reduction in the prevalence of heartburn in patients with gastric ulcer was independent of the post-treatment H. pylori status. In studies in which ulcer relapse was included in the model, this factor emerged as a significant factor for heartburn. The observed incidence of oesophagitis at the last visit was not influenced by H. pylori status. Conclusions : Eradication of H. pylori in patients with peptic ulcer disease was associated with a reduced prevalence of heartburn. Prevention of ulcer relapse could be the true cause of this reduction. |
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