The efficacy and safety of fexuprazan in treating erosive esophagitis : a phase III, randomized, double-blind, multicenter study

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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Fexuprazan is a novel potassium-competitive acid blocker (P-CAB). This study aimed to explore the noninferior efficacy and safety of fexuprazan to esomeprazole in treating erosive esophagitis (EE).

METHODS: This was a phase III, randomized, double-blind multicenter study. Patients with endoscopically confirmed EE were randomized to receive fexuprazan 40 mg or esomeprazole 40 mg once a daily for 4-8 weeks. The healing rates of EE, symptom response, GERD-health-related quality life (GERD-HRQL), and treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) were compared between fexuprazan group and esomeprazole group.

RESULTS: A total of 332 subjects were included in full analysis set (FAS) and 311 in per-protocol set (PPS). The healing rates of fexuprazan and esomeprazole groups at 8 weeks were 88.5% (146/165) and 89.0% (145/163), respectively, in FAS and 97.3% (145/149) and 97.9% (143/146), respectively, in PPS. Noninferiority of fexuprazan compared with esomeprazole according to EE healing rates at 8 weeks was demonstrated in both FAS and PPS analysis. No significant difference was found between groups in EE healing rates at 4 weeks, symptom responses, and changes of GERD-HRQL. The incidence of drug-related AEs was 19.4% (32/165) in fexuprazan arm and 19.6% (32/163) in esomeprazole arm.

CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated noninferior efficacy of fexuprazan to esomeprazole in treating EE. The incidence of TEAEs was similar between fexuprazan and esomeprazole. Trial registration number NCT05813561.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:39

Enthalten in:

Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 39(2024), 4 vom: 20. Apr., Seite 658-666

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhuang, Qianjun [VerfasserIn]
Liao, Aijun [VerfasserIn]
He, Qingling [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Chengxia [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Changqing [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xing [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Youli [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Bangmao [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Side [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Rong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Huixin [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Min [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Yanping [VerfasserIn]
He, Chiyi [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Weijie [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Haitao [VerfasserIn]
Gong, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Li, Liangping [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Baohong [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Changqing [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Bingxi [VerfasserIn]
Su, Dongxing [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Qinghong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Yongjian [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xiaoyang [VerfasserIn]
Fei, Sujuan [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Huili [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Sichen [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Zhihong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jianning [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yanqing [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Tianwei [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Shigang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Fangfang [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Minhu [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Yinglian [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Amines
BE52S2C1QT
Esomeprazole
Fexuprazan
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
N3PA6559FT
Proton Pump Inhibitors
Pyrroles
Randomized Controlled Trial

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Date Completed 04.04.2024

Date Revised 04.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05813561

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jgh.16471

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367422921