Omeprazole plus Amoxicillin for Cure of Helicobacter pylori Infection Factors Influencing the Treatment Success

Autor: J. Labenz, G. Börsch, F. Leverkus
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 29:1070-1075
ISSN: 1502-7708
0036-5521
DOI: 10.3109/00365529409094890
Popis: Omeprazole plus amoxicillin may cure Helicobacter pylori infection. However, the published results vary rather widely, and the factors influencing the treatment success remain unclear.Four hundred and twenty-three H. pylori-positive patients were treated with 1- or 2-week regimens comprising 40 mg or 80 mg omeprazole and amoxicillin in 11 prospective protocols. A complete set of data was available for 405 patients (ulcer disease, n = 383; dyspepsia, n = 22) and was submitted to uni- and multi-variate statistical analyses to elucidate the factors affecting the cure rates of the infection; 18 patients were lost to follow-up.The overall proportion of H. pylori cure was 76%. Insufficient compliance (p0.001), a short duration of treatment (p0.001), smoking (p = 0.003), and omeprazole pretreatment (p = 0.041) were the significant independent factors predicting treatment failure, whereas advanced age (p = 0.002), high scores of grade and of activity of gastritis (p = 0.035 and p = 0.019, respectively), and gastric ulcer disease (p = 0.058) were independent factors predicting treatment success.Several patient- and therapy-related factors diminish or increase the rate of H. pylori cure obtained by omeprazole/amoxicillin. These should be considered in future studies comparing different treatment regimens for curing H. pylori infection and also when designing treatment regimens applicable for routine clinical practice.
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