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- Title
A modified Bismuth-Containing Quadruple Therapy Including a Short Course of Furazolidone for Helicobacter pylori Eradication After Sequential Therapy Failure.
- Authors
Fakheri, Hafez; Bari, Zohreh; Sardarian, Hossein
- Abstract
Background: Helicobacter pylori eradication has still remained a challenge, especially in case of failure to novel treatments. Therefore, we designed a study to evaluate the effects of a modified bismuth-containing quadruple therapy including a short course of furazolidone on a group of patients whose sequential therapy had been unsuccessful. Materials and Methods: Thirty-six H. pylori-positive patients who had previously failed a clarithromycin-containing sequential therapy enrolled the study. They received pantoprazole (40 mg-bid), amoxicillin (1 g-bid), and bismuth subcitrate (240 mg-bid) for 2 weeks and furazolidone (200 mg-bid) just during the first week. Eight weeks after treatment, H. pylori eradication was reassessed using C14-urea breath test. Results: Thirty five patients completed the study. H. pylori eradication rates were 80.6% (95% CI = 67.6-93.5) and 82.9% (95% CI = 70.6-95.2) according to intention-to-treat and per-protocol analyses, respectively. All patients had excellent compliance to treatment, and no one interrupted therapy owing to adverse effects. Conclusion: Regarding the eradication rate (>80%), low price, and very low adverse effects, a 2-week bismuth-containing quadruple regimen including a short course of furazolidone can be an encouraging regimen for second-line H. pylori eradication in case of sequential therapy failure. Possibly, it can be improved by alterations in dose, dosing intervals, and/or duration.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of helicobacter pylori infections; BISMUTH; FURAZOLIDONE; AMOXICILLIN; BREATH tests; UREA; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Helicobacter, 2012, Vol 17, Issue 4, p264
- ISSN
1083-4389
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1523-5378.2012.00946.x