Study Evaluating Pantoprazole in Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage

This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, dose-ranging, comparator-controlled study of the effect of pantoprazole on intragastric pH after successful endoscopic hemostasis in hospitalized patients. Patients will receive either intravenous pantoprazole (one of two regimens) or ranitidine (the comparator) within 2 hours of successful hemostasis and administration will...

Date First Received: May 17, 2002

Last Updated: May 17, 2006

Verified by: Wyeth, May 2006

Clinical Trial Phase: Phase 2 | Start Date: 

Overall Status: Completed

Brief Summary

Official Title: “A Randomized Study of the Effect of Intravenous Pantoprazole on Gastric pH After Successful Hemostasis in Patients With Bleeding Peptic Ulcer”

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This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, dose-ranging, comparator-controlled study of the effect of pantoprazole on intragastric pH after successful endoscopic hemostasis in hospitalized patients. Patients will receive either intravenous pantoprazole (one of two regimens) or ranitidine (the comparator) within 2 hours of successful hemostasis and administration will continue for 72 hours after hemostasis.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Prevention, Randomized

Intervention(s) in this Clinical Trial

  • Drug: Pantoprazole

Criteria for Participation in this Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients must be men or nonpregnant women at least 18 years of age
  • Patients who present with a gastric or duodenal ulcer (major dimension of the ulcer must be ≥ 5 mm and ≤ 20 mm) with endoscopic appearance of spurting, oozing, or nonbleeding visible vessel (NBVV) Patients presenting with adherent protruding clot are eligible if, after removal of the clot by irrigation, the underlying lesion is classified as spurting, oozing or a NBVV. Patients with an actively bleeding ulcer or a NBVV within a hiatal hernia are eligible if the ulcer is located below the Z-line)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with ulcer appearance of clean base (non-oozing, non-spurting) or flat pigmented spot; adherent clots not removed by irrigation
  • Patients presenting with active bleeding and/or NBVV at 2 or more separate sites
  • Patients with any severe concomitant diseases, eg, end-stage liver or renal disease, or unstable cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, hepatic, or gastrointestinal diseases

Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Both

Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: 18 Years

Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: N/A

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial?: No

Clinical Trial Sponsor Information

Lead Sponsor: Wyeth

Overall Clinical Trial Officials and Contacts

Medical Monitor, MD Study Director Wyeth  

Additional Information

Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 02, 2009

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00037570

Study ID Number: 3001K2-201

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00037570

Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

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