Dual therapy for Helicobacter Pylori including a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) and amoxicillin. Amoxicillin has low resistance rate as well as low percentage of side effects. No trial has examined the the efficacy of high dose of dual therapy plus bismuth for H. pylori treatment.This study is designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the addition of bismuth to high dose of dual therapy for H. pylori eradication.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
160
Proton pump inhibitor
Antibiotic for H. pylori eradication
Gastric mucosal protective drug with anti-H. pylori effect
Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
Helicobacter pylori eradication rate
Six weeks after completion of therapy, H. pylori eradication was assessed by ¹³C-urea breath test. Eradication was defined as negative result from urea breath test (\<4‰) (4‰ as the cutoff value).
Time frame: Six weeks after completion of therapy
Rate of adverse effects
The subjects were asked to grade the severity of adverse events according to their influence on daily activities, experienced as "mild" (transient and well tolerated), "moderate" (causing discomfort and partially interfering with daily activities), or "severe" (causing considerable interference with daily activities).
Time frame: Within 7 days after completion of therapy.
Compliance rate
Compliance was defined as poor when they had taken less than 80% of the total medication.
Time frame: Within 7 days after completion of therapy.
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