NCT00687336

Helicobacter Pylori Empiric Treatment in Ulcer Bleeding

Phase IV Study Comparing Helicobacter Pylori Empiric Eradication With Test-Guided Treatment in Patients With Peptic Ulcer Bleeding

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 178 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hospital de Sabadell · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of the study is to compare the effectiveness of empirical Helicobacter pylori treatment compared with treatment depending on diagnostic tests for Helicobacter pylori in patients with Upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to peptic ulcer. Main hypothesis is that empirical treatment will reduce the number of patients lost to follow-up thus improving the cure rates of Hp infection.

Conditions

• Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Empirical Hp eradication	Empirical Helicobacter pylori treatment initiated immediately after oral intake is resumed
OTHER	Eradication treatment guided by a positive test	Eradication treatment given if there is at least one positive diagnostic test (URT, histological test, breath test or serology) for Helicobacter pylori.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-03-01
• Primary completion: 2010-05-01
• Completion: 2010-05-01
• First posted: 2008-05-30
• Last updated: 2009-07-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain