Treatment of Active Duodenal Ulcer with Oral Cimetidine: a Multicenter Controlled Endoscopic Trial
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by S. Karger AG in Digestion
- Vol. 17 (5) , 383-386
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000198140
Abstract
A double-blind 4-week trial of cimetidine (1 g daily) versus placebo was conducted in 68 adult outpatients with active duodenal ulceration endoscopically confirmed. 3 of the patient admitted to the study (1 on cimetidine and 2 on placebo) did not complete the trial. After 4 weeks of treatment, 25 of 33 patients (76%) receiving cimetidine had healed their ulcers compared with 15 (47%) of 32 patients receiving placebo (p less than 0.02). Antacid consumption was also significantly decreased by cimetidine when compared with placebo. Tolerability of the drug was good.Keywords
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