Study to Confirm the Safety and Efficacy of CJ-12420 in Patients With Erosive Esophagitis

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Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Erosive Esophagitis

Treatments: Drug: Esomeprazole 40mg; Drug: CJ-12420 50mg QD; Drug: CJ-12420 100mg QD

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT03006874

CJ_APA_304

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to confirm the efficacy of CJ-12420, Once daily (QD), compared to esomeprazole in patients with erosive esophagitis classified as Los Angeles (LA) classification grades A to D at Week 8.

Full description

This is a double blind, randomized, active controlled, phase 3 study. Subjects will be randomly assigned to one of the three treatment groups (CJ-12420 50mg, CJ-12420 100mg, esomeprazole 40mg).

All subjects will be asked to take three tablets at the same time each day throughout the study, and also all subjects will be asked to record daytime and nighttime symptom in a subject diary on a daily basis.

Enrollment: 302 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Subjects aged between 20 and 75 years
2. Endoscopically confirmed erosive esophagitis as defined by LA Classification Grading System (A-D) within 14 days prior to randomization
3. Subjects who had experienced heartburn and regurgitation within 7 days before visit 1
4. Subjects who is able to understand and follow the instructions and is willing to participate throughout the entire study
5. Subjects who voluntarily signed written informed consent form
6. Subjects who agreed to use medically acceptable contraceptives during the period of study

Exclusion criteria

1. Subjects who cannot undergo EGD
2. Subjects who have esophageal stenosis, ulcer stenosis, gastroesophageal varices, Barrett's esophagus, active gastric ulcer, gastrointestinal bleeding or malignant tumor confirmed by EGD
3. Subjects who have warning symptoms of malignant gastrointestinal tract such as odynophagia, severe dysphagia, bleeding, weight loss, anemia, or bloody stool
4. Subjects with eosinophilic esophagitis
5. Subjects diagnosed with primary esophageal motility disorder, IBS, IBD, etc. or with suspected IBS in the last 3 months
6. Subjects who have a history of gastric acid suppression surgery or upper gastrointestinal, esophageal surgery
7. Subjects who have AIDS or Hepatitis
8. Subjects who take antipsychotic drugs, antidepressant drug, antianxiety drug
9. Subjects who take gastric acid suppression like PPI within 2 weeks to EGD
10. Subjects who take medications related to reflux esophagitis more than 2 times within 1 weeks to EGD
11. Requirement of persistent daily use of drugs that may cause an ulcer such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs(NSAIDs) or aspirin during the course of the study
12. Pregnant or lactating women
13. Subjects with the following clinically significant laboratory abnormalities
14. Subjects with the following clinically significant ECG abnormalities
15. Sollinger-Ellison syndrome patients
16. Subjects with a history of malignant tumor
17. Subjects with a history of clinically significant hepatic, renal, cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine and CNS system disorder
18. Subjects with a history of hypersensitivity to the active ingredient or excipients of the study drug, etc
19. Scheduled surgery requiring hospitalization or requirement of surgical treatment during study participation
20. Subjects who participated in the other clinical trial within 4 weeks prior to randomization
21. Subjects who are judged unsuitable to participate in the study in the opinion of the investigator

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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302 participants in 3 patient groups

CJ-12420 50mg QD

Experimental group

Description:

CJ-12420 50mg tablet, once daily, oral administration for up to 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Drug: CJ-12420 50mg QD

CJ-12420 100mg QD

Experimental group

Description:

CJ-12420 100mg tablet, once daily, oral administration for up to 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Drug: CJ-12420 100mg QD

Esomeprazole 40mg

Active Comparator group

Description:

Esomeprazole 40mg, tablet. once daily, oral administration for up to 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Drug: Esomeprazole 40mg