title: [Effect of enprostil on the healing and the recurrence of duodenal ulcer. Comparison with ranitidine].
abstract: Enprostil, a synthetic prostaglandin E2, has been shown to exert both antisecretory and mucoprotective activity. It is effective in duodenal ulcer healing. OBJECTIVE--This study was performed to compare the frequency and the delay of spontaneous duodenal ulcer relapse during a two-year follow up period after initial healing by enprostil (35 micrograms, twice a day) or ranitidine (300 mg per day). METHODS--This multicentric, double-blind, randomized study included 642 patients (324 in the enprostil group and 318 in the ranitidine group). Patients included in the follow up period were evaluated by an endoscopy at 6 months, one and two years after healing. RESULTS--After a 6 weeks treatment period, healing rate was 85% for ranitidine and 70% for enprostil, respectively (P < 0.001). Adverse effects, especially digestive ones, occurred more often with enprostil than with ranitidine (P < 0.001). After initial healing, there was no significant difference between the 2 groups concerning the cumulative rate of relapse, despite a non significant trend for a milder rate of relapse in the enprostil group (P = 0.08). Twenty-seven % of the patients randomized to treatment (intend-to-treat analysis) in the enprostil group and 29% in the ranitidine group had no ulcer recurrence 6 months after ulcer healing, and respectively 12% and 13% at 2 years (difference not statistically significant). CONCLUSIONS--It is concluded that a) ranitidine is more effective and has less adverse effects than enprostil for duodenal ulcer healing, b) after duodenal ulcer healing by enprostil, there is a non significant trend for a lower rate of relapse than after healing with ranitidine, c) there is the same proportion of patients without ulcer in the 2 groups after 6 months and 2 years.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital G.-et-R.-Laennec, Nantes.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lartigue
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Corrion
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bernades
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bonfils
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chevalier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Laverdant
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mignon
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Minaire
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pariente
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vicari
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D016620:Enprostil / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011859:Radiography; D011899:Ranitidine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D011899:Ranitidine; D016620:Enprostil
vernacular_title: Effect de l'enprostil sur la cicatrisation et la récidive des ulcéres duodénaux. Comparaison à la ranitidine.