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The 12-month safety profile of dexlansoprazole, a proton pump inhibitor with a dual delayed release formulation, in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.

Author(s): Dabholkar AH, Han C, Paris MM, Perez MC, Atkinson SN, Peura DA

Affiliation(s): Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc., Deerfield, IL 60015, USA. aruna.dabholkar@tgrd.com

Publication date & source: 2011-02, Aliment Pharmacol Ther., 33(3):366-77. Epub 2010 Nov 30.

Publication type: Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

BACKGROUND: Dexlansoprazole MR is a Dual Delayed Release formulation of dexlansoprazole, an enantiomer of lansoprazole, designed to extend the duration of acid suppression. AIM: To assess the 12-month safety of dexlansoprazole MR in patients with symptomatic gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD). METHODS: In this randomised open-label study, patients received dexlansoprazole MR 60 or 90 mg once-daily for 12 months. Safety was evaluated at months 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12/final visit through physical examinations, laboratory evaluations, endoscopies, gastric biopsies, fasting serum gastrin values and adverse events (AEs). RESULTS: Of 591 patients receiving dexlansoprazole MR 60 and 90 mg, 71% and 65%, respectively, experienced >/=1 treatment-emergent AE; the most frequent AE was upper respiratory infection (14% and 13% in the 60- and 90-mg groups). Thirty patients experienced >/=1 serious AE; a majority of serious AEs were unrelated to study drug. No clinically meaningful change in any clinical laboratory parameters was noted. As expected, serum gastrin values rose with dexlansoprazole therapy; increases were not dose related. No clinically concerning trends were identified in gastric pathology results; no endocrine cell hyperplasia, adenocarcinoma, or lymphoma were observed. CONCLUSIONS: Twelve-month treatment with dexlansoprazole MR 60 and 90 mg was well tolerated by GERD patients in this study (Clinicaltrials.gov identifier NCT00255190). (c) 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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