Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Renal Transplant Patients

NCT ID: NCT03310255

Last Updated: 2017-10-16

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

86 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-11-01

Study Completion Date

2019-02-28

Brief Summary

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Upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are frequent in organ transplant recipients. Peptic ulcers and related pathologies such as gastritis and duodenitis are known to occur with increased frequency (20-60%) and severity in renal transplant recipients. The frequency of severe complications is about 10% among transplant recipients and 10% of those might prove fatal As kidney transplant recipients have to take immunosuppressive drugs for a lifetime and because these drugs have many side effects that may not be differentiated from H. pylori infection Thus, in order to reduce the use of medications and subsequently to reduce the drug interactions ,proper detection and management of H pylori infection in those patients is preferred.

Detailed Description

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The prevalence of HP colonization is about 30% in the United States and other developed countries as opposed to more than 80% in most developing countries.

Essentially, all HP-colonized persons have gastric inflammation, but this condition in itself is asymptomatic.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are frequent in organ transplant recipients. Peptic ulcers and related pathologies such as gastritis and duodenitis are known to occur with increased frequency (20-60%) and severity in renal transplant recipients. The frequency of severe complications is about 10% among transplant recipients and 10% of those might prove fatal.

GI complications might require dose reduction or the discontinuation of some of the immunosuppressive medications, affecting graft survival.

Considering the strong body of evidence supporting causal effects of HP infections on the development of peptic ulcers and gastric malignancies, the argumented rate of gastrointestinal complaints may bebattributed to increased HP infection rate among this population.

Few studies have investigated the prevalence of HP infection; about 30% to 40% of renal transplant recipients shown HP colonization of the stomach There are conflicting data about the prevalence of H pylori infection in renal transplant recipients. Most of these studies used anti HP IgG to diagnose H. pylori infection that lack consistent sensitivity and specificity.

Nasri and his colleagues in 2013 concluded significant positive association of serum H. Pylori IgG antibody titer with renal function in renal transplant patient.

As kidney transplant recipients have to take immunosuppressive drugs for a lifetime and because these drugs have many side effects that may not be differentiated from H. pylori infection Thus, in order to reduce the use of medications and subsequently to reduce the drug interactions ,proper detection and management of H pylori infection in those patients is preferred.

There are few studies have investigated the prevalence of HP infection; about 30% to 40% of renal transplant recipients shown HP colonization of the stomach. There are conflicting data about the prevalence of H pylori infection in renal transplant recipients.

Conditions

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Helicobacter Pylori Infection Renal Transplant Infection

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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H pylori Faecal Antigen

All patients will be screened for H. pylori using fecal Ag and positive patients will do endoscopy and biopsy.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Other Intervention Names

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Endoscopic Biopsy and culture PCR

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age ≥ 18 years.
* Patients in the first 1st. year after kidney transplantation.
* Patients diagnosed to have H.pylori infection by H.pylori fecal Ag will do endoscopy and biopsy.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients who had previous upper endoscopy with evidence of gastritis or ulcers
* Age more than 65 years old
* Patients with any contraindications to upper endoscopy.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Assiut University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Mohamed Abdelmoniem Abdallah Mohamed

Principal Investigator at the department of Tropical medicine and gastroenterology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

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Mohamed A Mohamed, Msc

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 00201099428851

Email: [email protected]

References

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Al-Mueilo SH. Gastroduodenal lesions and Helicobacter pylori infection in hemodialysis patients. Saudi Med J. 2004 Aug;25(8):1010-4.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15322589 (View on PubMed)

Atherton JC, Cao P, Peek RM Jr, Tummuru MK, Blaser MJ, Cover TL. Mosaicism in vacuolating cytotoxin alleles of Helicobacter pylori. Association of specific vacA types with cytotoxin production and peptic ulceration. J Biol Chem. 1995 Jul 28;270(30):17771-7. doi: 10.1074/jbc.270.30.17771.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 7629077 (View on PubMed)

Nasri H, Rafieian-Kopaei M. Significant association of serum H. pylori IgG antibody titer with kidney function in renal transplanted patients. J Renal Inj Prev. 2013 Mar 1;2(1):23-5. doi: 10.12861/jrip.2013.08. eCollection 2013.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25340117 (View on PubMed)

Khedmat H, Ahmadzad-Asl M, Amini M, Lessan-Pezeshki M, Einollahi B, Pourfarziani V, Naseri MH, Davoudi F. Gastro-duodenal lesions and Helicobacter pylori infection in uremic patients and renal transplant recipients. Transplant Proc. 2007 May;39(4):1003-7. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.03.034.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17524875 (View on PubMed)

Miftahussurur M, Yamaoka Y. Diagnostic Methods of Helicobacter pylori Infection for Epidemiological Studies: Critical Importance of Indirect Test Validation. Biomed Res Int. 2016;2016:4819423. doi: 10.1155/2016/4819423. Epub 2016 Jan 19.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26904678 (View on PubMed)

Wu CY, Kuo KN, Wu MS, Chen YJ, Wang CB, Lin JT. Early Helicobacter pylori eradication decreases risk of gastric cancer in patients with peptic ulcer disease. Gastroenterology. 2009 Nov;137(5):1641-8.e1-2. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.07.060. Epub 2009 Aug 5.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19664631 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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HPRD

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id