Community-based Helicobacter Pylori Eradication

NCT ID: NCT00155389

Last Updated: 2012-11-14

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

5000 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2004-01-31

Study Completion Date

2015-12-31

Brief Summary

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Based on a universal eradication of H. pylori in an offshore island (Matsu) with a high prevalence of gastric cancer as well as premalignant gastric lesion, we first examined the infection rate of H. pylori. Secondly, we evaluated the efficacy of clarithromycin-based triple therapy with a levofloxacin-based rescue treatment. And thirdly, we tested the hypothesis that whether the cure of H. pylori can reverse the premalignant gastric lesion. Fourth, we determine the cost-effectiveness of this intervention. The gene-environment interaction will be addressed regarding gastric cancer carcinogenesis. Finally, the incident rate of gastric cancer would be followed in this cohort.

Detailed Description

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Despite the decline of global incidence, gastric cancer still affects public health substantially due to the considerable medical burden in the treatment of disease at the symptomatic stage. This fact has prompted clinicians to extend their attention from the multidisciplinary therapies to the design of preventive strategies. Gastric cancer development follows a carcinogenic process from non-atrophic gastritis, atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia, and eventually to the adenocarcinoma. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection triggers this carcinogenic cascade and its eradication is currently the most reliable regimen to arrest the histologic progression in order to prevent gastric cancer. Emerging data have suggested that the benefit of H. pylori treatment earlier in the course of infection is larger and cannot be outweighed by a disfavored discount rate as a result of different time horizons between early treatment and later benefit of averting advanced cancer.

In the Asia-Pacific area, however, virulent strains of H. pylori infection are highly prevalent and premalignant gastric lesions may have already developed at the take-off age of active intervention. Our current knowledge remains limited in answering whether H. pylori eradication can regress these premalignant lesions and if so, what determinant can contribute to a positive response is unknown. The concept of "a point of no return" suggests that the benefit of H. pylori eradication may diminish at later stages when many types of molecular damage become irreversible. Several population-based studies, in contrast, found that the premalignant gastric lesions were potentially reversible given a sufficiently long duration free from infection. The inconsistence may reflect the facts that studies with adequate sample size and long enough follow-up are rarely available and that some important factors, such as the variation in host susceptibility to disease and dietary exposure to carcinogens, are difficult to be measured but they are likely to confound the results.

Therefore, the present study was to:

1. Determine the efficacy of a novel regimen to treat the H. pylori infection in the general population.
2. To address the question whether the premalignant gastric lesion could be reversed following the cure of infection.
3. To simulate the cost-effectiveness of this chemoprevention.
4. To use individual data to empirically calculate the cost-effectiveness of this intervention.
5. To address the host genetic susceptibility to gastric cancer development.
6. To follow-up the gastric cancer incidence following the eradication of H. pylori.

Conditions

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Helicobacter Pylori Infection

Keywords

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Helicobacter pylori Gastric cancer single nucleotide polymorphism

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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H pylori eradication

All enrolled subjects received chemoprevention with Helicobacter pylori eradication

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Helicobacter pylori eradication

Intervention Type DRUG

For subjects who received the first-line treatment, the costs included the initial 13C-UBT, one-week triple therapy (esomeprazole 40mg once daily, amoxicillin 1g twice daily, and clarithromycin 500mg twice daily), and the confirmatory 13C-UBT. For subjects in whom the initial treatment failed, the costs further included the re-treatment consisting of ten-day triple therapy (esomeprazole 40mg once daily, amoxicillin 1g twice daily, and levofloxacin 500mg once daily), and the confirmatory 13C-UBT.

The first round of study was between 2004 and 2005, the second round was between 2008 and 2009, and the third round was between 2012 and 2013.

Interventions

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Helicobacter pylori eradication

For subjects who received the first-line treatment, the costs included the initial 13C-UBT, one-week triple therapy (esomeprazole 40mg once daily, amoxicillin 1g twice daily, and clarithromycin 500mg twice daily), and the confirmatory 13C-UBT. For subjects in whom the initial treatment failed, the costs further included the re-treatment consisting of ten-day triple therapy (esomeprazole 40mg once daily, amoxicillin 1g twice daily, and levofloxacin 500mg once daily), and the confirmatory 13C-UBT.

The first round of study was between 2004 and 2005, the second round was between 2008 and 2009, and the third round was between 2012 and 2013.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Chemoprevention

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Helicobacter pylori infection subjects

Exclusion Criteria

* Prior gastrectomy; pregnant women
Minimum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Taiwan University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Pan-Chyr Yang, PHD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

National Taiwan University Hospital

Locations

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Lee Yi-Chia

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status COMPLETED

Countries

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Taiwan

Central Contacts

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Pan-Chyr Yang, PHD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 886-2-2356-2000

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Yi-Chia Lee, MD, MSc

Role: primary

References

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Lee YC, Lin JT, Wu HM, Liu TY, Yen MF, Chiu HM, Wang HP, Wu MS, Hsiu-Hsi Chen T. Cost-effectiveness analysis between primary and secondary preventive strategies for gastric cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 May;16(5):875-85. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0758.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17507609 (View on PubMed)

Liu CY, Wu CY, Lin JT, Lee YC, Yen AM, Chen TH. Multistate and multifactorial progression of gastric cancer: results from community-based mass screening for gastric cancer. J Med Screen. 2006;13 Suppl 1:S2-5.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17227633 (View on PubMed)

Lee YC, Lin JT, Chen TH, Wu MS. Is eradication of Helicobacter pylori the feasible way to prevent gastric cancer? New evidence and progress, but still a long way to go. J Formos Med Assoc. 2008 Aug;107(8):591-9. doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(08)60176-X.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18678542 (View on PubMed)

Lee YC, Wu HM, Chen TH, Liu TY, Chiu HM, Chang CC, Wang HP, Wu MS, Chiang H, Wu MC, Lin JT. A community-based study of Helicobacter pylori therapy using the strategy of test, treat, retest, and re-treat initial treatment failures. Helicobacter. 2006 Oct;11(5):418-24. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2006.00432.x.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 16961802 (View on PubMed)

Chiang TH, Chang WJ, Chen SL, Yen AM, Fann JC, Chiu SY, Chen YR, Chuang SL, Shieh CF, Liu CY, Chiu HM, Chiang H, Shun CT, Lin MW, Wu MS, Lin JT, Chan CC, Graham DY, Chen HH, Lee YC. Mass eradication of Helicobacter pylori to reduce gastric cancer incidence and mortality: a long-term cohort study on Matsu Islands. Gut. 2021 Feb;70(2):243-250. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-322200. Epub 2020 Aug 13.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 32792335 (View on PubMed)

Lee YC, Chen TH, Chiu HM, Shun CT, Chiang H, Liu TY, Wu MS, Lin JT. The benefit of mass eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection: a community-based study of gastric cancer prevention. Gut. 2013 May;62(5):676-82. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-302240. Epub 2012 Jun 14.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 22698649 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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940110

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id