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Doxycycline for Helicobacter Pylori Rescue Treatment

Phase 4
Recruiting
Conditions
Helicobacter Pylori Infection
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT05874570
Lead Sponsor
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Brief Summary

Current guidelines have recommended classical bismuth-containing quadruple therapy including proton-pump inhibitor, bismuth, tetracycline, metronidazole as the empirical rescue therapy. However, tetracycline is clinically unavailable in China and the high frequency of adverse events of bismuth quadruple therapy often result in poor compliance, which limited the applicability of this recommendation. This study aimed to compare the efficacy and tolerability of a 14-day bismuth-containing quadruple rescue therapy in which tetracycline was replaced by doxycycline.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
368
Inclusion Criteria
  • Ability and willingness to participate in the study and to sign and give informed consent
  • Confirmed H. pylori infection and with previous treatment failure
Exclusion Criteria
  • subjects naive to H. pylori treatment,
  • under 18 or over 80 years old
  • history of gastrectomy
  • pregnant or lactating women
  • severe systemic diseases or malignancy
  • administration of antibiotics, bismuth, antisecretory drugs, or Chinese herb medicine in the preceding 8 weeks

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Tetracycline Bismuth Quadruple TherapyBismuth Potassium CitrateEsomeprazole 20mg bid, Bismuth Potassium Citrate 110mg qid, Tetracycline 500mg qid, Metronidazole 400mg qid
Doxycycline Bismuth Quadruple TherapyBismuth Potassium CitrateEsomeprazole 20mg bid, Bismuth Potassium Citrate 110mg qid, Doxycycline 100mg bid, Metronidazole 400mg qid
Tetracycline Bismuth Quadruple TherapyEsomeprazoleEsomeprazole 20mg bid, Bismuth Potassium Citrate 110mg qid, Tetracycline 500mg qid, Metronidazole 400mg qid
Tetracycline Bismuth Quadruple TherapyTetracyclineEsomeprazole 20mg bid, Bismuth Potassium Citrate 110mg qid, Tetracycline 500mg qid, Metronidazole 400mg qid
Tetracycline Bismuth Quadruple TherapyMetronidazoleEsomeprazole 20mg bid, Bismuth Potassium Citrate 110mg qid, Tetracycline 500mg qid, Metronidazole 400mg qid
Doxycycline Bismuth Quadruple TherapyEsomeprazoleEsomeprazole 20mg bid, Bismuth Potassium Citrate 110mg qid, Doxycycline 100mg bid, Metronidazole 400mg qid
Doxycycline Bismuth Quadruple TherapyDoxycyclineEsomeprazole 20mg bid, Bismuth Potassium Citrate 110mg qid, Doxycycline 100mg bid, Metronidazole 400mg qid
Doxycycline Bismuth Quadruple TherapyMetronidazoleEsomeprazole 20mg bid, Bismuth Potassium Citrate 110mg qid, Doxycycline 100mg bid, Metronidazole 400mg qid
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Helicobacter pylori eradication rateSix weeks after completion of therapy

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).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rate of adverse effectsWithin 7 days after completion of therapy

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)

Compliance rateWithin 7 days after completion of therapy

Compliance was defined as poor when they had taken less than 80% of the total medication

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

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