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Trial reportClinical drug investigation2008

Effect of increasing esomeprazole and pantoprazole doses on acid control in patients with symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: a randomized, dose-response study.

Clive Wilder-Smith, Anna Backlund, Göran Eckerwall, Tore Lind, Mia Fjellman, Kerstin Röhss

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Clinical drug investigation, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Guideline
  2. A Randomized Placebo-ControlledCanadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2019
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  4. Clinical Implications of Emerging Data on the Safety of Proton Pump Inhibitors.Current treatment options in gastroenterology · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Clive Wilder-SmithBrain-Gut Research Group, Gastroenterology Group Practice, Berne, Switzerland. cws@ggp.ch
Anna Backlund
Göran Eckerwall
Tore Lind
Mia Fjellman
Kerstin Röhss
AstraZeneca (Singapore) · SGAstraZeneca (Sweden) · SESwiss Paediatric Oncology Group · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectiveIn patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD), dose escalation or drug switching may be considered in those with symptoms that persist despite standard-dose proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy. This study set out to assess whether increasing the dosage of oral esomeprazole and pantoprazole improves acid control in GORD patients, and to compare the pharmacodynamic efficacy of esomeprazole and pantoprazole administered at different dosages.

methodsThis was an open-label, randomized, six-way crossover study that included Helicobacter pylori-negative GORD patients (aged 20-60 years) with <30% of time with intragastric pH>4. Patients were treated with oral once-daily esomeprazole 20 mg, 40 mg and 80 mg, and pantoprazole 20 mg, 40 mg and 80 mg, for 5 days. The main outcome measures were time with intragastric pH>4 over 24 hours, median pH over 24 hours and area under the hydrogen ion versus time curve on day 5 for each treatment period.

resultsDose escalation with both PPIs improved acid control. The proportion of time with intragastric pH>4 (day 5) was 46.7% with esomeprazole 20 mg/day, 58.6% with esomeprazole 40 mg/day, and 65.8% with esomeprazole 80 mg/day; the corresponding percentages with pantoprazole were 28.6%, 36.9% and 44.9%, respectively. On a milligram-per-milligram basis, esomeprazole provided greater acid control than pantoprazole (p<0.001).

conclusionDose escalation with oral esomeprazole and pantoprazole improves acid control in patients with GORD, although esomeprazole provides significantly greater acid control on a milligram-per-milligram basis.

Indexed as

2-PyridinylmethylsulfinylbenzimidazolesAdultAnti-Ulcer AgentsCross-Over StudiesDose-Response Relationship, DrugEsomeprazoleFemaleGastric Acidity DeterminationGastroesophageal RefluxHumansMaleMiddle AgedPantoprazole2-PyridinylmethylsulfinylbenzimidazolesAnti-Ulcer AgentsEsomeprazolePantoprazole

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PMID18479175
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