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Treatment Response of High-dose and Standard-dose Rabeprazole for Extra-esophageal Reflux.

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Esophageal Disease
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT04001400
Lead Sponsor
Seoul National University Hospital
Brief Summary

This is a single-center, randomized, open-label clinical study to assess the treatment response of high-dose rabeprazole compared with standard-dose rabeprazole in patients with extra-esophageal manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Detailed Description

Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a condition in which reflux of stomach contents into the esophagus. This disease can be classified in to two subtypes according to the symptoms; Typical symptoms such as heartburn and regurgitation, and atypical symptoms (extra-esophageal symptoms) such as chronic cough, asthma, non-cardiac chest pain, globus sensation, etc.

Acid suppression with proton pump inhibitors is the mainstream of therapy for the extra-esophageal manifestation as well as the typical symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease.

However, there is controversy about the efficacy of proton pump inhibitors on extra-esophageal reflux.

Therefore, we aimed to assess the effect of proton pump inhibotor (rabeprazole) on the extra-esophageal manifestation of gastroesophageal reflux disease, through comparison of treatment response with high-dose and standard-dose rabeprazole.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
73
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age is over 20 years old, under 80 years old, men or women
  • Patients who had experienced extra-esophageal symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease more than once a week within the last month prior to the start of the study
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients administered with prokinetics, H2 receptor antagonists, proton pump inhibitors, anticholinergic drugs or non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs prior to study in 4 weeks
  • Patients administered with anti-thrombotic drugs
  • Patients taking other investigational drugs or participating in other clinical studies in 4 weeks
  • Patients with esophageal stricture, esophageal varix, Barrett's esophagus, peptic ulcer or gastrointestinal bleeding
  • Patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
  • Patients with any kind of malignant tumor
  • Patients with surgery related to gastroesophageal
  • Patients with significant cardiovascular, pulmonary, heptic, renal, hemopoietic or endocrine system primary disease
  • Patients with neuropsychiatric disorder, alcoholism, or drug abuse
  • Women either pregnant or breast feeding

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Standard-dose rabeprazoleRabeprazole 20mg qdRabeprazole 20mg once daily by mouth before breakfast for 8 weeks
High-dose rabeprazoleRabeprazole 20mg bidRabeprazole 20mg twice daily by mouth before breakfast and dinner for 8 weeks
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Effective improvement of symptoms8 weeks

A percentage of subjects showed effective improvement of extra-esophageal symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease by assessing the average sum of the questionnaire symptom scores.

The definition of "effective improvement" is the subjects showed ≥50% reduction from the initial questionnaire score.

The symptom questionnaire consists of a 5-graded Likert scale for each symptom to assess intensity of symptoms.

\[score 0: no symptoms, score 1: mild symptoms that is not easily felt, score 2: moderate symptoms but not affect daily life, score 3: severe symptoms that hinder daily life or sleep, score 4: very severe symptoms that cannot lead to normal daily life or sleep\]

In this trial, extra-esophageal symptoms consist of eight symptoms; non-cardiac chest pain, cough, globus, wheezing, laryngopharyngitis, hoarseness, belching and dysphagia.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Seoul National University Bungdang Hospital

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Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of

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