Peptic Ulcer Disease in Ischemic Heart Patients Taking Aspirin and Clopidogrel With or Without Proton Pump Inhibitor
Peptic Ulcer, Ulcer Complications
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Peptic Ulcer focused on measuring aspirin, clopidogrel, proton pump inhibitor, peptic ulcer, ulcer complications
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients are eligible if they have received PCI for their stenotic coronary arteries and taken both aspirin and clopidogrel.
- Patients who had a past history of PUD without complication, who have taken aspirin or clopidogrel before enrolling for their CV disease will be allowed to enroll.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients are excluded if they have New York Heart Association class IV heart failure, if they had contraindications to antithrombotic or antiplatelet therapy, if they have clinical severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count< 80000/mm3), if they have previous disabling, or hemorrhagic stroke or intracranial hemorrhage, if they have severe and unstable conditions in hepatic, renal, and pulmonary disease, if they have unstable and progressive malignancy, if they have epigastralgia or have a positive occult blood in stool, if they have current or recent PUD and take PPI or histamine receptor-2 antagonist without proving healed ulcer by scopy, if they have received a surgical intervention due to PUD complication (bleeding, perforation, obstruction) in the past, if they have received a GP IIb/IIIa inhibitor fewer than 3 days before randomization.
Sites / Locations
- Taipei Veterans General HospitalRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Placebo Comparator
1
2
Upper GI tract symptoms are evaluated. Patients are asked to report to gastroenterologist if they have persistent ulcer symptoms and to report to the emergency room if they have evidence of GI bleeding or ulcer complications (melena, hematemesis, or sudden onset of severe epigastric pain). Endoscopy will be undergone to document any gastroduodenal ulcers with or without ulcer complications. If the hemoglobin level has decreased by 2g/dL or more, or stool check shows occult blood at each visit, endoscopy will be undergone to check the presence of gastroduodenal ulcers with or without bleeding. Patients without persistent ulcer symptoms or without evidence of ulcer complications will be invited to undergone scheduled endoscopy at the 3-month end of follow-up in each subjective.
Upper GI tract symptoms are evaluated at each visit. Patients are asked to report to gastroenterologist if they have persistent ulcer symptoms and to report to the emergency room if they have evidence of GI bleeding or ulcer complications (melena, hematemesis, or sudden onset of severe epigastric pain). Endoscopy will be undergone to document any gastroduodenal ulcers with or without ulcer complications. An ulcer is defined as a circumscribed mucosal break at least 3 mm in diameter. If the hemoglobin level has decreased by 2g/dL or more, or stool check shows occult blood at each visit, endoscopy will be undergone to check the presence of gastroduodenal ulcers with or without bleeding. Patients without persistent ulcer symptoms or without evidence of ulcer complications will be invited to undergone scheduled endoscopy at the 3-month end of follow-up in each subjective.