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ABSTRACT: Background
Tegoprazan is a novel potassium-competitive acid blocker for the treatment of acid-related disorders.Aims
To assess whether tegoprazan is non-inferior to lansoprazole in terms of efficacy and safety in patients with gastric ulcers.Methods
In this phase 3, double-blind, active control, multicentre study, 306 gastric ulcer patients were randomised to one of three treatment groups: tegoprazan 50 mg, tegoprazan 100 mg and lansoprazole 30 mg once daily for 4 or 8 weeks. The primary endpoint was the cumulative proportion of patients with healed ulcers confirmed by endoscopy up to 8 weeks from treatment initiation. Symptoms and safety were assessed.Results
In the full analysis set, the cumulative healing rates at week 8 were 94.8% (91/96) for the tegopra
SUBMITTER: Cho YK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7496685 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature