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Study Evaluating Pantoprazole in Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage

Information source: Wyeth
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on June 20, 2008
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Condition(s) targeted: Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage

Intervention: Pantoprazole (Drug)

Phase: Phase 2

Status: Completed

Sponsored by: Wyeth

Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s):
Medical Monitor, MD, Study Director, Affiliation: Wyeth

Summary

This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, dose-ranging, comparator-controlled study of the effect of pantoprazole on intragastric pH after successful endoscopic hemostasis in hospitalized patients. Patients will receive either intravenous pantoprazole (one of two regimens) or ranitidine (the comparator) within 2 hours of successful hemostasis and administration will continue for 72 hours after hemostasis.

Clinical Details

Official title: A Randomized Study of the Effect of Intravenous Pantoprazole on Gastric pH After Successful Hemostasis in Patients With Bleeding Peptic Ulcer

Study design: Prevention, Randomized

Eligibility

Minimum age: 18 Years. Maximum age: N/A. Gender(s): Both.

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients must be men or nonpregnant women at least 18 years of age

- Patients who present with a gastric or duodenal ulcer (major dimension of the ulcer

must be ≥ 5 mm and ≤ 20 mm) with endoscopic appearance of spurting, oozing, or nonbleeding visible vessel (NBVV) Patients presenting with adherent protruding clot are eligible if, after removal of the clot by irrigation, the underlying lesion is classified as spurting, oozing or a NBVV. Patients with an actively bleeding ulcer or a NBVV within a hiatal hernia are eligible if the ulcer is located below the Z-line)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with ulcer appearance of clean base (non-oozing, non-spurting) or flat

pigmented spot; adherent clots not removed by irrigation

- Patients presenting with active bleeding and/or NBVV at 2 or more separate sites

- Patients with any severe concomitant diseases, eg, end-stage liver or renal disease,

or unstable cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, hepatic, or gastrointestinal diseases

Locations and Contacts

San Diego, California 62103-8401, United States

Los Angeles, California 90073, United States

Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0595, United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, United States

Houston, Texas 77030-4211, United States

Norfolk, Virginia 23507, United States

Additional Information


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Page last updated: June 20, 2008

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