The Effects of a Synbiotic Addition on Eradication Therapy of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Children
Helicobacter Pylori Infection
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Helicobacter Pylori Infection focused on measuring Helicobacter pylori infection, Children, Synbiotic, Standard Triple Therapy
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Children who are investigated by a standard esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) for gastrointestinal symptoms those suggesting of an organic disease such as chronic abdominal pain, unexplained nausea and/or vomiting, severe regurgitation, gastrointestinal bleeding, unexplained weight loss, or chronic diarrhea and who are found to be H. pylori positive in gastric biopsies are included in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who were treated for H. pylori infection previously, or who used an antimicrobial agent, bismuth, a non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug, or any form of gastric acid suppressor during the eight weeks prior to EGD, or who had history of major gastrointestinal surgery, chronic renal or hepatic disease and who were known to have drug allergy were excluded from the study.
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Other
Synbiotic Group
Standard Therapy Group
The patients will be treated with the standard triple therapy that consists of amoxicillin oral tablet 50 mg/kg/d and clarithromycin oral tablet 15 mg/kg/d twice daily for 14 days, and omeprazole 1 mg/kg/d once daily for a month, and the synbiotic Bifidobacterium animalis oral product (5000000000 colony forming units/dose) plus inulin (900 mg) given a single dose for 14 days, concurrently.
The patients in this group will be treated with standard triple therapy only. The standard triple therapy consists of amoxicillin oral tablet 50 mg/kg/d and clarithromycin oral tablet 15 mg/kg/d twice daily for 14 days, and omeprazole 1 mg/kg/d once daily for a month.