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- Title
Esomeprazole Alone Compared with Esomeprazole Plus Aspirin for the Treatment of Aspirin-Related Peptic Ulcers.
- Authors
Liu, Chun-Peng; Chen, Wen-Chi; Lai, Kwok-Hung; Mar, Guang-Yuan; Lin, Shyr-Yi; Ger, Luo-Ping; Hsu, Ping-I
- Abstract
BACKGROUND:Aspirin-related peptic ulcers are a common disorder. However, whether or not aspirin should be continued during treatment for aspirin-related ulcers remains unclear.AIMS:To compare esomeprazole alone with esomeprazole plus aspirin in the treatment of aspirin-related peptic ulcers and to investigate the independent factors associated with the failure of ulcer healing.METHODS:From January 2008 to July 2011, patients with aspirin-related peptic ulcers were randomized to receive esomeprazole (40 mg per day) alone or esomeprazole (40 mg per day) plus aspirin (100 mg per day) for 8 weeks. The subjects with Helicobacter pylori infection were treated with standard triple therapy. Follow-up endoscopy was carried out at the end of the 8th week. The primary end point was the healing of peptic ulcers.RESULTS:In all, 178 patients (89 receiving esomeprazole alone and 89 receiving esomeprazole plus aspirin) were enrolled and underwent follow-up endoscopy. The healing rate of ulcers by modified intention-to-treat analysis was 82.5% (95% confidence interval (CI), 74.2-90.8%) among patients treated with esomeprazole alone and 81.5% (95% CI, 73.0-90.0%) among patients treated with esomeprazole plus aspirin (difference, 1.0%; 95% CI, −11.2 to 12.6%). The per-protocol analysis yielded similar results (healing rate: 83.1% vs. 83.8%, respectively; difference, 0.7%; 95% CI, −11.2 to 12.6%). Multivariate analysis disclosed that use of steroids during treatment (odds ratio: 5.6; 95% CI, 1.1-27.7%) was the only independent factor associated with the failure of ulcer healing.CONCLUSIONS:The observed ulcer healing rates were comparable in the esomeprazole and esomeprazole-plus-aspirin groups, but the wide CIs do not rule out clinically meaningful differences of more than 10%.
- Subjects
ESOMEPRAZOLE; ASPIRIN; PEPTIC ulcer; ETIOLOGY of peptic ulcers; HELICOBACTER; ENDOSCOPY; CONFIDENCE intervals
- Publication
American Journal of Gastroenterology (Springer Nature), 2012, Vol 107, Issue 7, p1022
- ISSN
0002-9270
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ajg.2012.87