Efficacy and Safety of Rebamipide versus Its New Formulation, AD-203, in Patients with Erosive Gastritis: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Active Control, Noninferiority, Multicenter, Phase 3 Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

: The mucoprotective drug rebamipide is used to treat gastritis and peptic ulcers. We compared the efficacy of Mucosta^Ⓡ (rebamipide 100 mg) and its new formulation, AD-203 (rebamipide 150 mg), in treating erosive gastritis.

Methods

This double-blind, active control, noninferiority, multicenter, phase 3 clinical trial randomly assigned 475 patients with endoscopically proven erosive gastritis to two groups: AD-203 twice daily or Mucosta^Ⓡ thrice daily for 2 weeks. The intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis included 454 patients (AD-203, n=229; Mucosta^Ⓡ, n=225), and the per-protocol (PP) analysis included 439 patients (AD-203, n=224; Mucosta^Ⓡ, n=215). The posttreatment assessments included the primary (erosion improvement r

SUBMITTER: Kim GH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8593495 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature