title: Controlled clinical trial with sucralfate in the treatment of macroscopic gastritis.
abstract: The efficacy of sucralfate in the treatment of patients with dyspepsia and macroscopic signs of gastritis was assessed in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Treatment was 2 g sucralfate or placebo taken 1/2 h before breakfast and at bedtime. Clinical and endoscopic examinations were performed after 6 weeks' treatment, and if mucosal changes and/or symptoms persisted, medication was continued for another 6 weeks. Cumulative healing rates at 6 and 12 weeks were 43% (13 of 30) and 62% (18 of 29) in the sucralfate group verus 37% (11 of 30) and 62% (18 of 29) in the placebo group. Corresponding rates for symptomatic improvement were 80% and 83% for those receiving sucralfate and 73% and 79% for placebo-treated patients. None of the differences between sucralfate and placebo were significant, and sucralfate does not seem to be superior to placebo in the treatment of macroscopic gastritis.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgical Gastroenterology, Kommunehospitalet, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Skoubo-Kristensen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Funch-Jensen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kruse
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hanberg-Sørensen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Amdrup
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005756:Gastritis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation; D013392:Sucralfate / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D013392:Sucralfate