Standard Triple Therapy vs Sequential Therapy in Treatment of H Pylori Infection

Dallas VA Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Helicobacter Infection

Treatments: Drug: Standard Triple Therapy; Drug: Sequential Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01723059

11-060

Details and patient eligibility

About

Traditionally, H pylori infection has been treated with conventional triple therapy. This includes amoxicillin, clarithromycin and a proton pump inhibitor all given daily for 10-14 days. In Europe, the guidelines now advocate treatment of H pylori with sequential therapy which is 5 days of amoxicillin therapy with proton pump inhibitor followed by 5 days of clarithromycin, metronidazole, and proton pump inhibitor with better response rates. We hypothesize that H. pylori resistance pattern and treatment response rates observed in Europe will not be predictive of resistance patterns and response rates in the United States.

Enrollment: 184 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Subject has signed informed consent Subject is an adult older than 18 yrs old and requires an upper endoscopic evaluation If female and of child bearing potential, subject has a negative pregnancy test and is not nursing.

Patient has not received prior treatment for H pylori Subject is able to understand and comply with study procedures

Exclusion criteria

Recent use (within 4 weeks) of any of the medications used in the treatment of H pylori(Amoxicillin, Clarithromycin, Metronidazole) Subject undergoing endoscopy for acute gastrointestinal bleeding Subject has an allergy to any of the medications used in the treatment of H pylori Subject has a history of esophageal or gastric carcinoma including lymphoma Subject has esophageal varices or undergoing endoscopy for esophageal banding Subject is taking warfarin or clopidogrel Subject has coagulopathy that precludes safe biopsy of the biopsy areas Subject has comorbidity that precludes safe participation in the study Subject is a pregnant female Subject has a history of H. pylori infection. Patient is already enrolled in GI Study. History of UGI surgery other than Nissen Fundoplication

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

---

184 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard triple therapy

Other group

Description:

Gold standard for management of H pylori is amoxicillin 1 gm twice daily, clarithromycin 500 mg twice daily, and omeprazole 20 mg twice daily for 10 days.

Treatment:

Drug: Standard Triple Therapy

Sequential Therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Amoxicillin 1 gm twice daily and omeprazole 20 mg twice daily for 5 days followed by metronidazole 500 mg twice daily, clarithromycin 500 mg twice daily, and omeprazole 20 mg twice daily for 5 days.

Treatment:

Drug: Sequential Therapy