To Assess the Efficacy of Esomeprazole 40 mg Once Daily in Subjects Who Still Had Heartburn After Receiving Rabeprazole

NCT ID: NCT01249651

Last Updated: 2012-10-31

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

101 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-11-30

Study Completion Date

2011-06-30

Brief Summary

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Administration of esomeprazole 40 mg to subjects who still had heartburn after receiving rabeprazole 20 mg once daily for 4 to 8 weeks will result in statistically significant improvement of heartburn after 8-week treatment.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Heartburn

Keywords

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Patients, Single

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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1

One arm: esomeprazole 40 mg

Group Type OTHER

esomeprazole 40 mg

Intervention Type DRUG

esomeprazole 40 mg once daily, 8 weeks

Interventions

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esomeprazole 40 mg

esomeprazole 40 mg once daily, 8 weeks

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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No comparator

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male or female aged 20 years or more
* Documented history of reflux esophagitis verified by endoscopy in the past, including the grade of Los Angeles (LA) classification (Lundell LR et al 1999) before treatment
* Ongoing (until date of Visit 1) treatment with rabeprazole 20 mg, given once daily, for a period of 4 to 8 weeks. The subject must take Rabeprazole at least 4 days a week in the past 7 days prior to Visit 1.
* Persisting symptoms of heartburn during the past 7 days prior to Visit 1, judged by the investigator(s) as follows: At least 2 days with moderate (i.e. discomfort sufficient to cause interference with normal activities) to severe symptoms (i.e. incapacitating, with inability to perform normal activities) OR At least 4 days with symptoms including mild ones (i.e. awareness of sign or symptom, but easily tolerated).
* The subject needs to be able to understand and read the official languages of the country.

Exclusion Criteria

* Use of other PPIs and/or H2RA during rabeprazole treatment
* Previous use of esomeprazole 40 mg during the 12 weeks before enrolment
* Current or historical evidence of gastrointestinal pathology
* History, signs or symptoms of clinically significant or uncontrolled cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, endocrine, hematologic, neurologic, psychiatric pancreatic or hepatic disease as judged by the investigator to interfere with the conduct of the study, the interpretation of study results, subject compliance, or the health of the subject during the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Quintiles, Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

AstraZeneca

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Masataka Date, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

AstraZeneca KK Corporate Communications

Locations

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Research Site

Beijing, , China

Site Status

Countries

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China

Other Identifiers

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D961HL00001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id