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Filter by:The investigators used two different doses of esomeprazole (40 mg IV q.d. and 40 mg IV q6h for three days followed by esomeprazole 40 mg q.d. orally in two groups) after successful endoscopic therapy with heat probe therapy or hemoclip placement. The goal of this study is to assess the outcomes of two different regimens of low vs. high dose of intravenous esomeprazole after endoscopic therapy in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding.
Evaluate the efficacy of Two different regimens of proton pump inhibitors High against Low in the management of acute peptic ulcer bleeding
A bleeding peptic ulcer remains a serious medical problem with significant morbidity and mortality. Endoscopic therapy significantly reduces further bleeding, surgery, and mortality in patients with bleeding peptic ulcers and is now recommended as the first hemostatic modality for these patients. In the past few years, adjuvant use of a high-dose proton pump inhibitor (PPI) after endoscopic therapy has been endorsed in some studies. Laine and Javid et al found that oral PPI and IV PPI had a similar intragastric pH response in the past two years. Therefore, whether oral can replace IV in the management of peptic ulcer bleeding is the objective in this study. The investigators enrolled 130 patients with active bleeding or nonbleeding visible vessels(NBVV) in this study. They are randomly assigned as oral lansoprazole or IV nexium group. All patients receive successful endoscopic therapy with heater probe or hemoclip placement. In the lansoprazole group (N=65), 30 mg four times daily is given orally for three days. Thereafter, the patients receive 30 mg lansoprazole orally daily for two months. In the nexium group, 160 mg/day continuous infusion is given for three days. Thereafter, the patients receive 40 mg nexium orally daily for two months. The primary end point is recurrent bleeding before discharge and within 14 days. At day 14, volume of blood transfused, number of surgeries performed, and the mortality rates of the two groups are compared as well.