[Efficacy and safety of esomeprazole, compared with omeprazole, in maintenance therapy for reflux esophagitis -a phase III, multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial-].

A multicenter, randomized, double-blind study comparing the efficacy and safety of esomeprazole 20mg/day (E20) and 10mg/day (E10) with omeprazole 10mg/day (O10) for maintenance of remission in patients with healed reflux esophagitis (RE). For RE, at week 24, the estimated Kaplan-Meier recurrence-free rates were 92.0%, 87.5%, and 82.7% in the E20, E10, and O10 groups, respectively. There was a statistically significant difference between the E20 and O10 groups (p=0.007). Drug-related adverse events tended to be mild but were reported at rates of 9.0%, 8.0%, and 5.3% in the E20, E10, and O10 groups, respectively. Compared with omeprazole, maintenance therapy with 20mg esomeprazole was generally well tolerated and effective for RE.

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