PMID- 21069670 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20101206 LR - 20220409 IS - 1469-493X (Electronic) IS - 1361-6137 (Linking) IP - 11 DP - 2010 Nov 10 TI - Short-term treatment with proton pump inhibitors, H2-receptor antagonists and prokinetics for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease-like symptoms and endoscopy negative reflux disease. PG - CD002095 LID - 10.1002/14651858.CD002095.pub4 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Approximately 25% of adults regularly experience heartburn, a symptom of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD). Most patients are treated empirically (without specific diagnostic evaluation e.g. endoscopy. Among patients who have an upper endoscopy, findings range from a normal appearance, mild erythema to severe oesophagitis with stricture formation. Patients without visible damage to the oesophagus have endoscopy negative reflux disease (ENRD). The pathogenesis of ENRD, and its response to treatment may differ from GORD with oesophagitis. OBJECTIVES: Summarise, quantify and compare the efficacy of short-term use of proton pump inhibitors (PPI), H2-receptor antagonists (H2RA) and prokinetics in adults with GORD, treated empirically and in those with endoscopy negative reflux disease (ENRD). SEARCH STRATEGY: We searched MEDLINE (January 1966 to November 2008), EMBASE (January 1988 to November 2008), and EBMR in November 2008. SELECTION CRITERIA: Randomised controlled trials reporting symptomatic outcome after short-term treatment for GORD using proton pump inhibitors, H2-receptor antagonists or prokinetic agents. Participants had to be either from an empirical treatment group (no endoscopy used in treatment allocation) or from an endoscopy negative reflux disease group (no signs of erosive oesophagitis). DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Two authors independently assessed trial quality and extracted data. MAIN RESULTS: Thirty-two trials (9738 participants) were included: fifteen in the empirical treatment group, thirteen in the ENRD group and four in both. In empirical treatment of GORD the relative risk (RR) for heartburn remission (the primary efficacy variable) in placebo-controlled trials for PPI was 0.37 (two trials, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.32 to 0.44), for H2RAs 0.77 (two trials, 95% CI 0.60 to 0.99) and for prokinetics 0.86 (one trial, 95% CI 0.73 to 1.01). In a direct comparison PPIs were more effective than H2RAs (seven trials, RR 0.66, 95% CI 0.60 to 0.73) and prokinetics (two trials, RR 0.53, 95% CI 0.32 to 0.87). In treatment of ENRD, the RR for heartburn remission for PPI versus placebo was 0.73 (eight trials, 95% CI 0.67 to 0.78) and for H2RA versus placebo was 0.84 (two trials, 95% CI 0.74 to 0.95). The RR for PPI versus H2RA was 0.78 (three trials, 95% CI 0.62 to 0.97) and for PPI versus prokinetic 0.72 (one trial, 95% CI 0.56 to 0.92). AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: PPIs are more effective than H2RAs in relieving heartburn in patients with GORD who are treated empirically and in those with ENRD, although the magnitude of benefit is greater for those treated empirically. FAU - van Pinxteren, Bart AU - van Pinxteren B AD - Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85500, Utrecht, Netherlands, 3508 GA. FAU - Sigterman, Kirsten E AU - Sigterman KE FAU - Bonis, Peter AU - Bonis P FAU - Lau, Joseph AU - Lau J FAU - Numans, Mattijs E AU - Numans ME LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Meta-Analysis PT - Review PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20101110 PL - England TA - Cochrane Database Syst Rev JT - The Cochrane database of systematic reviews JID - 100909747 RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Gastrointestinal Agents) RN - 0 (Histamine H2 Antagonists) RN - 0 (Proton Pump Inhibitors) SB - IM UOF - Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006;(3):CD002095. PMID: 16855986 UIN - Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013;5:CD002095. PMID: 23728637 MH - Adult MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/*therapeutic use MH - Esophagoscopy MH - Gastroesophageal Reflux/*drug therapy MH - Gastrointestinal Agents/*therapeutic use MH - Gastroscopy MH - Heartburn/*drug therapy MH - Histamine H2 Antagonists/*therapeutic use MH - Humans MH - Proton Pump Inhibitors/*therapeutic use MH - Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic EDAT- 2010/11/12 06:00 MHDA- 2010/12/14 06:00 CRDT- 2010/11/12 06:00 PHST- 2010/11/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/11/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/12/14 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1002/14651858.CD002095.pub4 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Nov 10;(11):CD002095. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002095.pub4.