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SynthesisMedicine2019

High dose dual therapy versus bismuth quadruple therapy for Helicobacter pylori eradication treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Xue Yang, Jin-Xia Wang, Sheng-Xi Han, Cai-Ping Gao

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Synthesis in Medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. First regional consensus on the management ofWorld journal of gastroenterology · 2025
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  2. High-Dose Dual Therapy Versus Bismuth-Containing Quadruple Therapy for the Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2022
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  3. Efficacy of second-line regimens forBMJ open gastroenterology · 2020
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  10. Diagnosis, Treatment Patterns and Eradication Success forJGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2025
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  13. High-dose amoxicillin and pantoprazole regimen forPrzeglad gastroenterologiczny · 2025
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  17. High-dose dual therapyTherapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2023
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  20. High-dose dual therapyTherapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Xue YangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sichuan Academy of Science & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology, Chengdu, China.
Jin-Xia Wang
Sheng-Xi Han
Cai-Ping Gao

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThe aim of this study was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis on high-dose dual therapy (HDDT) versus bismuth quadruple therapy (BQT) for Helicobacter pylori infection.

methodsComparing HDDT to BQT were identified from PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane library, CNKI, and Wanfang databases in Chinese up to March 2018. Statistical analyses were conducted using Review Manager 5.3 to compare the efficacy and side effects of these 2 therapies for H pylori infection. Dichotomous data were pooled to score the relative risk (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).

resultsFour randomized clinical trials (RCTs) including 829 patients with a diagnosis of H pylori infection were assessed. Overall the meta-analysis showed that both HDDT and BQT achieved similar efficacy of intention-to-treat (ITT) eradication rate, 85.5% versus 87.2%, RR 1.01 (95% CI: 0.96-1.06), P = .63, and of per-protocol (PP) eradication rate, 88.4% versus 91.5%, RR 1.00 (95% CI: 0.96-1.04), P = .99, and adherence 97.8% versus 95.0%, RR 1.01 (95% CI: 0.99-1.04), P = .32, but side effects were more likely in BQT (14.4% vs 40.4%, RR 0.42 (95% CI: 0.32-0.54), P <.00001).

conclusionBoth HDDT and BQT can achieve similar eradication rate for H pylori infection and adherence, and generally HDDT causes fewer side effects.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsBismuthDrug Administration ScheduleDrug Therapy, CombinationHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriHumansProton Pump InhibitorsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicAnti-Bacterial AgentsBismuthProton Pump Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID30762742
PMCPMC6408008

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