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Vonoprazan Study in Patients With Erosive Esophagitis to Evaluate Long-term Safety

Phase 4
Completed
Conditions
Erosive Esophagitis
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT02679508
Lead Sponsor
Takeda
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is exploratorily evaluate the effect on gastric mucosal tissue and the safety of long-term administration (260 weeks: 5 years) of vonoprazan 10 mg or 20 mg in patients receiving maintenance treatment after healed erosive esophagitis (EE), and the curative effect of vonoprazan 20 mg versus lansoprazole in patients with EE.

Detailed Description

This is a multicenter, open-label, randomized, parallel-group study to exploratorily evaluate the effect on gastric mucosal tissue and the safety of long-term administration of vonoprazan in maintenance treatment after healed EE, and the curative effect of vonoprazan versus lansoprazole in participants with EE.

Participants endoscopically diagnosed with EE of Los Angeles (LA) Classification Grades A to D at the start of treatment (Week 0 of the healing phase) will be randomly assigned to receive either vonoprazan 20 mg or lansoprazole 30 mg to be taken once daily for up to 8 weeks. Subjects with healed EE as confirmed endoscopically at Week 4 or 8 in the healing phase will enter the maintenance phase.

In the maintenance phase, the vonoprazan group and the lansoprazole group will be administered a starting dose of 10 mg and 15 mg, respectively, once daily up to 260 weeks.

If the principal investigator or investigator judged the effect of vonoprazan 10 mg or lansoprazole 15 mg to be insufficient as the maintenance treatment of EE, vonoprazan and lansoprazole may be increased to 20 mg and 30 mg, respectively.

The research period will consist of two subperiods: healing phase in which participants with EE will receive treatment (for 4 or 8 weeks) and maintenance phase in which participants will receive maintenance treatment (for 260 weeks), and thus, a total of up to 268 weeks. The number of visits will be a maximum of 18 visits. Planned number of research subjects, as the number of research subjects for entry to the maintenance phase, will be 130 participants in the vonoprazan group and 65 participants in the lansoprazole group.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
208
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Healing Phase:

  1. Participants with concurrent peptic ulcer (except scarred stage) or Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

  2. Participants who received treatment with PPIs (including vonoprazan) within 4 weeks (Week -4 to Week 0) prior to the start of healing phase (Week 0 of the healing phase)

  3. Participants with a history of H. pylori eradication.

  4. Participants who have received surgery or treatment affecting gastroesophageal reflux (fundoplication or dilation for esophageal stenosis [excluding Schatzki's ring], etc.)

  5. Participants with an esophagus-related complication (eosinophilic esophagitis, esophageal varices, scleroderma, viral or fungal infection, esophageal stenosis, etc.), a history of radiotherapy or cryotherapy of the esophagus, a caustic or physiochemical trauma (esophageal sclerotherapy, etc.). However, participants with Schatzki's ring (mucosal tissue ring around inferior esophageal sphincter) or Barrett's esophagus are allowed to be included.

  6. Participants with clinically apparent hepatic impairment (e.g., AST or ALT levels at the time of informed consent: >1.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN).

  7. Participants with renal impairment or renal failure [creatinine clearance (CCr) ˂30 mL/min, etc.]

  8. Participants with a history of hypersensitivity or allergy for PPIs.

  9. Participants with a history of gastrectomy, gastrointestinal resection, or vagotomy

  10. Participants with a malignant tumor

  11. Participants who are pregnant, breast-feeding, possibly pregnant, or planning to become pregnant

  12. Participants with one of the diseases listed under administration contraindication in the vonoprazan or lansoprazole package insert

  13. Participants planning to take prohibited concomitant medications during the research period

  14. Participants participating in other clinical studies

  15. Participants who have been determined to be inappropriate as subjects in the study by the principal investigator or investigator

    Maintenance Phase:

  16. Participants who have taken PPIs other than the study drug or the control drug during the healing phase

  17. Participants who have been determined to be inappropriate as subjects in the study by the principal investigator or investigator

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Vonoprazan groupVonoprazanVonoprazan 20 mg administered orally once daily in the healing phase + vonoprazan 10 mg (as the initial dose and adjusted to vonoprazan 10 mg or 20 mg) administered orally once daily in the maintenance phase
Lansoprazole groupLansoprazoleLansoprazole 30 mg administered orally once daily in the healing phase + lansoprazole 15 mg (as the initial dose and adjusted to lansoprazole 15 mg or 30 mg) administered orally once daily in the maintenance phase
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of Participants With Foveolar HyperplasiaUp to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with foveolar hyperplasia for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported as the endpoint for gastric mucosa histopathology. The number analyzed is the number of participants with data available for analysis.

Number of Participants With Enterochromaffin-like-cell HyperplasiaUp to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with enterochromaffin-like-cell hyperplasia for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported as the endpoint for gastric mucosa histopathology. The number analyzed is the number of participants with data available for analysis.

Number of Participants With Malignant Alteration of Epithelial CellsTime Frame: Up to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with malignant alteration of epithelial cells for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported as the endpoint for gastric mucosa histopathology. The number analyzed is the number of participants with data available for analysis.

Number of Participants With G-cell HyperplasiaUp to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with G-cell hyperplasia for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported as the endpoint for gastric mucosa histopathology. The number analyzed is the number of participants with data available for analysis.

Number of Participants With Parietal Cell Protrusion/HyperplasiaUp to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with parietal cell protrusion/hyperplasia for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported as the endpoint for gastric mucosa histopathology. The number analyzed is the number of participants with data available for analysis.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of Participants With Cobblestone MucosaUp to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with cobblestone mucosa for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported as the endpoint for endoscopic findings. The number analyzed is the number of participants with data available for analysis.

Number of Participants With Multiple White and Flat Elevated LesionsUp to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with multiple white and flat elevated lesions for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported as the endpoint for endoscopic findings. The number analyzed is the number of participants with data available for analysis.

Number of Participants With Atrophy in Greater Curvature of AntrumUp to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with atrophy in greater curvature of the antrum for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported as histological assessment of gastritis.

Number of Participants With Neutrophilic Infiltration in Greater Curvature of Middle Gastric BodyUp to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with neutrophilic infiltration in greater curvature of the middle gastric body for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported as histological assessment of gastritis.

Number of Participants With Inflammation (Mononuclear Infiltration) in Greater Curvature of Middle Gastric BodyUp to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with inflammation (mononuclear infiltration) in greater curvature of the middle gastric body for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported as histological assessment of gastritis.

Number of Participants With Intestinal Metaplasia in Greater Curvature of AntrumUp to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with intestinal metaplasia in greater curvature of the antrum for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported as histological assessment of gastritis.

Number of Participants Reporting One or More Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) in Maintenance Phase260 weeks (Baseline, up to the end of Maintenance Phase)

Number of participants reporting one or more TEAEs in Maintenance Phase was reported. An Adverse Event (AE) is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical investigation participant administered a drug; it does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (eg, a clinically significant abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a drug, whether or not it is considered related to the drug. A TEAE is defined as an adverse event with an onset that occurs after receiving study drug.

Number of Participants With Hyperplastic PolypUp to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with hyperplastic polyp for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported as the endpoint for endoscopic findings. The number analyzed is the number of participants with data available for analysis.

Number of Participants With Presence of H.Pylori in Greater Curvature of Middle Gastric BodyUp to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with presence of H.pylori in greater curvature of the middle gastric body for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported as histological assessment of gastritis.

Percentage of Participants With Recurrence of Erosive Esophagitis (EE)Up to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Erosive esophagitis recurrence is defined as endoscopically confirmed to have erosive esophagitis (LA classification grades O and A to D) during the Maintenance Phase. The LA classification graded as follows- Grade O: normal mucosa; Grade A: nonconfluent mucosal breaks \<5 mm in length; Grade B: nonconfluent mucosal breaks ≥ 5mm in length; Grade C: confluent mucosal breaks \<75% circumferential; Grade D: confluent mucosal breaks \>75% circumferential.

Percentage of Participants Who Healed EE at the End of Healing PhaseUp to Week 8

Percentage of participants who healed EE at the end of healing phase was reported.

Number of Participants With Fundic Gland PolypUp to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with fundic gland polyp for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported as the endpoint for endoscopic findings. The number analyzed is the number of participants with data available for analysis.

Number of Participants With Black SpotsUp to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with black spots for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported as the endpoint for endoscopic findings. The number analyzed is the number of participants with data available for analysis.

Number of Participants With Inflammation (Mononuclear Infiltration) in Greater Curvature of AntrumUp to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with inflammation (mononuclear infiltration) in greater curvature of the antrum for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported as histological assessment of gastritis.

Number of Participants With Neutrophilic Infiltration in Greater Curvature of AntrumUp to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with neutrophilic infiltration in greater curvature of the antrum for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported as histological assessment of gastritis.

Number of Participants With Atrophy in Greater Curvature of Middle Gastric BodyUp to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with atrophy in greater curvature of the middle gastric body for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported as histological assessment of gastritis.

Number of Participants With Gastric PolypUp to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with gastric polyp for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported. The number analyzed is the number of participants with data available for analysis.

Number of Participants With Intestinal Metaplasia in Greater Curvature of Middle Gastric BodyUp to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with intestinal metaplasia in greater curvature of the middle gastric body for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported as histological assessment of gastritis.

Number of Participants With Presence of H.Pylori in Greater Curvature of AntrumUp to Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase)

Numbers of participants with presence of H.pylori in greater curvature of the antrum for Vonoprazan group and Lansoprazole group at Week 268 (Week 260 in Maintenance Phase) were reported as histological assessment of gastritis.

Trial Locations

Locations (36)

Tokatsu Tsujinaka Hospital

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Abiko, Chiba, Japan

Hakodate Hospital

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Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan

Shiga University Of Medical Science Hospital

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Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Harada Hospital

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Fukuoka, Japan

Oizumi Medical Clinic

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Yamagata, Japan

Aoyama Medical Clinic

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Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Hyogo College Of Medicine

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Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

Shirane Clinic

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Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Kawasaki Medical University

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Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

KKR Takamatsu Hospital

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Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan

Tohoku University Hospital

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Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Banno Clinic

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Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Kohga Hospital

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Yaizu, Shizuoka, Japan

Shiga Hospital

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Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Asahigaoka Hospital

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Okayama, Japan

Red Cross Matsuyama Hospital

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Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

Kawasaki Hospital

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Okayama, Japan

Arita Hospital

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Oita, Japan

Hohnodai Hospital National Center For Global Health and Medicine

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Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan

Juntendo University Hospital

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Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Kyushu University Hospital

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Fukuoka, Japan

Matsuki Clinic

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Shizuoka, Japan

National Center For Global Health and Medicine

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Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Kawakubo Clinic

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Kama, Fukuoka, Japan

Masuyama Clinic

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Otawara, Tochigi, Japan

Shin-Beppu Hospital

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Beppu, Oita, Japan

Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital

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Izunokuni, Shizuoka, Japan

Chihaya Hospital

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Fukuoka, Japan

Shimokitazawa Tomo Clinic

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Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Shimane University Hospital

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Izumo, Shimane, Japan

Kimura Shiro Clinic

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Fukuoka, Japan

Mori Clinic

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Fukuoka, Japan

Hanabata Clinic

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Kumamoto, Japan

Nippon Medical School Hospital

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Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Morinaga Ueno Clinic

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Kumamoto, Japan

Oki Hospital

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Kyoto, Japan

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