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Trial reportJournal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA2021

Omeprazole vs famotidine for the prevention of gastroduodenal injury in high-risk users of low-dose aspirin: A randomized controlled trial.

Zhi-Fu Tseng, Ping-I Hsu, Nan-Jing Peng, Sung-Shuo Kao, Feng-Woei Tsay, Jin-Shiung Cheng, Wen-Chi Chen, Kun-Feng Tsai, Sheng-Yeh Tang, Seng-Kee Chuah and 1 more

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Trial report in Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. [Lactate induces gastric mucosal injury by promoting M1 polarization of macrophagesNan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Zhi-Fu TsengDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC.
Ping-I HsuDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, An Nan Hospital, China Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC.
Nan-Jing PengDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC.
Sung-Shuo KaoDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC.
Feng-Woei TsayDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC.
Jin-Shiung ChengDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC.
Wen-Chi ChenDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC.
Kun-Feng TsaiDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, An Nan Hospital, China Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC.
Sheng-Yeh TangDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, An Nan Hospital, China Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC.
Seng-Kee ChuahDivision of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC.
Chang-Bih ShieDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, An Nan Hospital, China Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC.
Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital · TWAn-Nan Hospital · TWChina Medical University · TWChang Gung University · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLow-dose aspirin is widely used in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. However, the use of aspirin is associated with an increased risk of gastrointestinal injury.

methodsLow-dose aspirin users with a history of peptic ulcers who did not have gastroduodenal mucosal breaks at initial endoscopy were randomly assigned to receive famotidine (20 mg bid) or omeprazole (20 mg qd) for 6 months. Follow-up endoscopy was performed at the end of the sixth month and whenever epigastric discomfort, hematemesis, or melena occurred. The primary end point was the occurrence of gastroduodenal mucosal breaks. The secondary end points were (1) the occurrence of gastroduodenal ulcers and (2) the occurrence of gastroduodenal bleeding.

resultBetween November 2013 and June 2018, 170 patients were randomly assigned to receive either famotidine (n = 84) or omeprazole (n = 86). The incidence of gastroduodenal mucosal breaks was 33.8% among the patients receiving famotidine, and 19.8% among those receiving omeprazole (95% CI: 0.4%-27.5%; p = 0.045). The two patient groups had comparable incidence rates of gastroduodenal ulcers (20.0% vs 9.8%; p = 0.071), and gastroduodenal bleeding (2.5% vs 0%; p = 0.243). Multivariate analysis showed that use of the proton pump inhibitor was an independent protective factor (odds ratio: 0.47; 95% CI: 0.23-0.99; p = 0.047), and that smoking was a risk factor for mucosal breaks (odds ratio: 3.84; 95% CI: 1.52-9.71; p = 0.004).

conclusionProton pump inhibitor was superior to histamine-2 receptor antagonist in the prevention of gastroduodenal mucosal breaks in high-risk users of low-dose aspirin, and smoking was an independent risk factor for developing gastroduodenal mucosal breaks.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAspirinFamotidineFemaleGastric MucosaGastrointestinal HemorrhageHumansIntestinal MucosaMaleMiddle AgedOmeprazoleRisk FactorsAspirinFamotidineOmeprazole

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PMID33230059
PMCPMC12965974
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