The trial would to try to establish: * The best post-operative PPI prescription protocol after Sleeve Gastrectomy * The impact of PPI therapy on postoperative peptic diseases (erosive gastropathies, ulcers, duodenitis, esophagitis and/or Barrett) * The impact of PPI therapy on post-operative GERD symptoms (assessed with the use of two standard tests: MRGE-HRQL and GERDQ
45 patients candidate to primary SG and randomized in 3 study groups (15 per group) GROUP A: no treatment (control group) GROUP B (standard dose-long term): Lansoprazole buccal tablets 30 mg once daily (before breakfast on an empty stomach) for 6 months GROUP C (standard dose-short term): Lansoprazole buccal tablets 30 mg once daily (before breakfast on an empty stomach) for 3 months
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
45
Post operative prescription
University of Rome "la sapienza"
Latina, Italy
Percentage of post-operative GERD based on the trial protocol. Clinical evaluation
Questionnaire evaluation (GERD-HRQL score from 0 (no symptoms) to 5 (symptoms worsening daily activity) and GERD-Q (score A \<8 no GERD, score A \>8 and B \> 3 GERD worsening normal life)
Time frame: 12 months
evaluate in each group of the study (arm type) the endoscopic finding of peptic lesions of the esophagus-gastro-duodenal mucosa at 24 months of follow-up
Mucosal damage evaluation and stratified accordingly
Time frame: 24 months
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