PMID- 19950775 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20091215 LR - 20191210 IS - 0172-6390 (Print) IS - 0172-6390 (Linking) VI - 56 IP - 94-95 DP - 2009 Sep-Oct TI - Comparison of an ecabet sodium and proton pump inhibitor (PPI) combination therapy with PPI alone in the treatment of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD)--induced ulcers in early gastric cancer: prospective randomized study. PG - 1270-3 AB - BACKGROUND/AIMS: Ecabet sodium (ES) is a widely employed mucoprotective agent, for the treatment of gastric ulcers. The present paper prospectively evaluate the additive benefits of using ES in combination with the rabeprazole proton pump inhibitor (PPI) for the treatment of gastric ulcers after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). METHODOLOGY: A total of 56 patients who had undergone ESD for early gastric cancers were randomly assigned to receive either PPI with ES (P/ES group, n=28) or PPI alone (PPI group, n=28) for 8 weeks. At 4 and 8 weeks after ESD, the healing rate and the diminution rate of the ulcers were compared between two groups by endoscopy. RESULTS: One patient in the PPI group developed a hemorrhage as a result of an ESD-induced ulcer. At 4 weeks, the healing rates were significantly higher in the P/ES group (40.7%) compared with the PPI group (11.5%), (p = 0.0013). This tendency was observed also at 8 weeks (p = 0.0446). In addition, at 4 weeks, the diminution rates of the ESD-induced ulcers were significantly higher in the P/ES group (95.8%) than in the PPI group (84.9%), (p=0.0033). CONCLUSIONS: ES in combination with PPI facilitates increased healing of ESD-induced ulcers, and can also improve the quality of ulcer healing. FAU - Asakuma, Yutaka AU - Asakuma Y AD - Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University, School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osaka-sayama 589-8511, Japan. FAU - Kudo, Masatoshi AU - Kudo M FAU - Matsui, Shigenaga AU - Matsui S FAU - Okada, Mumon AU - Okada M FAU - Kawasaki, Masanori AU - Kawasaki M FAU - Umehara, Yasushi AU - Umehara Y FAU - Ichikawa, Tsutomu AU - Ichikawa T FAU - Kitai, Satoshi AU - Kitai S LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PL - Greece TA - Hepatogastroenterology JT - Hepato-gastroenterology JID - 8007849 RN - 0 (Abietanes) RN - 0 (Proton Pump Inhibitors) RN - 2K02669KWP (ecabet) SB - IM MH - Abietanes/*administration & dosage MH - Aged MH - Drug Therapy, Combination MH - Female MH - Gastric Mucosa/*surgery MH - Gastroscopy MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Postoperative Complications/*drug therapy MH - Prospective Studies MH - Proton Pump Inhibitors/administration & dosage/*therapeutic use MH - Stomach Neoplasms/*surgery MH - Stomach Ulcer/*drug therapy/etiology/physiopathology MH - Wound Healing EDAT- 2009/12/03 06:00 MHDA- 2009/12/16 06:00 CRDT- 2009/12/03 06:00 PHST- 2009/12/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/12/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/12/16 06:00 [medline] PST - ppublish SO - Hepatogastroenterology. 2009 Sep-Oct;56(94-95):1270-3.