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Effect of Esomeprazole on quality of life in hemodialysis patients with Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptom

Not Applicable
Conditions
Hemodialysis outpatients with GERD symptom according to the GOS questionnaire
Registration Number
JPRN-UMIN000009124
Lead Sponsor
Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Kawasaki Medical School
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete: follow-up complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
80
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

1) Patients with severe hepatic dysfunction (showing more than 100 IU/L of AST or ALT) 2) Patients with severe cardiac dysfunction 3) Patients receiving treatment for a malignant neoplasm 4) Patinets with HIV infection or receiving treatment for AIDS 5) Patients with the past history of vagotomy 6) Patients with the past history of the resection of upper digestive tract 7) Patients taking a contraindication drug for coadministration of Esomeprazole 8) Patients with current or past hypersensitivity to Esomeprazole or the similar drugs such as proton pump inhibitors (PPI) 9) Patients for whom it is difficult to fill out the questionnaires by themselves 10) Female in current or expected pregnancy 11) Female in breast-feeding 12) Patients judged as unsuitable for participating in this study by the attending physician

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The change of QOL according to the QOLRAD-J questionnaire after the administration of 20mg/day Esomeprazole for 4 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1) The proportion of upper abdominal symptom according to the GOS questionnaire in hemodialysis patients 2) The change of GERD symptom according to the GOS questionnaire after the administration of 20mg/day Esomeprazole for 4 weeks 3) The correlation between the scores of GOS and QOLRAD-J questionnaires before and 4 weeks after the intervention 4) The decrease on QOL in hemodialysis patients with GERD symptom compared with those without GERD symptom before the intervention 5) The rate of the detrimental events caused by the intervention drug
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