PPI Versus Placebo in Severe Functional Heartburn

University of Southern California

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: GERD

Treatments: Drug: PPI

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00222989

#026020

474200

Details and patient eligibility

About

Proton Pump Inhibitors are no better than placebo in relieving GERD symptoms in patients with functional Heartburn.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Heartburn twice a week for at least 2 years. Normal EGD and 24hr pH study.

Exclusion criteria

• <18yrs of age,pregnant, unable or unwilling to give consent, allergic to PPI, previous gastric or esophageal surgery, past hx of erosive GERD, unwilling or unable to stop acid suppression meds

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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0 participants in 1 patient group

no label study

Other group

Description:

1

Treatment:

Drug: PPI