Clinical Trial: A Study of the Use of High-dose Proton Pump Inhibitor for the Treatment of Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Related Non-cardiac Chest Pain - a Randomized Double-blind Placebo-controlled Study

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: High-dose Proton Pump Inhibitor for the Treatment of Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Related Non-cardiac Chest Pain - a Randomized Double-blind Placebo-controlled Study.

Brief Summary: Non-cardiac chest pain accounts for 2-5% of all emergency presentations. In the United States, it has been estimated approximately that US$8 billion was spent annually for the initial care of patients suspected to have an acute coronary syndrome, but who were subsequently found not to have coronary artery disease (1). The most common cause of non-cardiac chest pain is gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (2). Two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials on the use of omeprazole versus placebo for the treatment of NCCP have been published in the western population and reported an efficacy of 62% to 80% (3,4). High-dose omeprazole was used in the previous trials (3,4). Recently, it has been shown that rabeprazole, which is a newly developed benzimidazole proton pump inhibitor, is a more potent and rapid inhibitor of H+,K+-ATPase and acid secretion than omeprazole, lansoprazole and pantoprazole (5,6). Whether the above findings applied to Chinese population is unknown. Thus we would like to propose a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial to study the effects of high-dose proton pump inhibitor for the treatment of non-cardiac chest pain in Chinese population. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of high-dose proton pump inhibitor for the treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux related non-cardiac chest pain.

Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Hospital Authority, Hong Kong

Current Primary Outcome: Symptoms assessment, quality of life. [ Time Frame: 12 Weeks ]

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • Compliance [ Time Frame: 4 Weeks ]
  • Adverse effects [ Time Frame: 4 Weeks ]


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Hospital Authority, Hong Kong

Dates:
Date Received: August 15, 2007
Date Started: March 2003
Date Completion: April 2008
Last Updated: July 6, 2010
Last Verified: July 2010