title: A multicenter, randomized, double-blind comparison of roxatidine with ranitidine in the treatment of patients with uncomplicated benign gastric ulcer disease. The Multicenter Roxatidine Cooperative Study Group.
abstract: Roxatidine (150 mg, 312 patients) was compared with ranitidine (300 mg, 308 patients) in a randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, 6-week therapeutic study for the treatment of patients with uncomplicated, benign gastric ulcer disease. The study end points (verified by using endoscopy results) were fully healed ulcers at 4 or 6 weeks. The results of roxatidine therapy were comparable to those of ranitidine therapy: healing rates of 52% and 54% at week 4 and 77% and 76% at week 6 were recorded for roxatidine and ranitidine, respectively. The drugs produced comparable reductions in ulcer diameters and decreases in abdominal pain. Adverse events associated with both roxatidine (27%) and ranitidine (28%) were headache, diarrhea, and dizziness; rash was associated in 6 of 8 cases and in only 1 case with roxatidine. In this trial, roxatidine 150 mg once daily was as efficacious and safe as ranitidine 300 mg once daily for treatment of patients with uncomplicated, benign gastric ulcer disease.
authors.affiliation: Landeskrankenhaus-Universitatskliniken Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brandstätter
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lanza
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kogut
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cobert
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Savitsky
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bender
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Labs
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wurzer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000503:physiopathology; D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010880:Piperidines / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011899:Ranitidine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012907:Smoking / Q000503:physiopathology; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists; D010880:Piperidines; D011899:Ranitidine; C053742:roxatidine acetate