title: Health-related quality of life of patients with acute erosive reflux esophagitis.
abstract: One thousand one hundred forty-five patients with acute erosive reflux esophagitis participating in an eight-week double-blind, multicenter study of lansoprazole 15 mg daily, lansoprazole 30 mg daily, omeprazole 20 mg daily, and placebo responded to a health-related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaire at baseline and at two, four, and eight weeks. At baseline, there were no HRQoL differences among the four study groups. However, all three active treatment groups improved statistically significantly more than placebo on most HRQoL scales at each follow-up. There were no statistically significant differences among the three active treatment groups at week 2, although in most instances lansoprazole 30 mg showed slightly more improvement. After week 2, benefits in all the study groups leveled off and remained constant. Greater acid suppression appeared to result in greater improvement in terms of HRQoL.
authors.affiliation: Technology Assessment Group, San Francisco, California 94107, USA.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Mathias
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Castell
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Elkin
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Matosian
mesh_terms: D053799:2-Pyridinylmethylsulfinylbenzimidazoles; D000208:Acute Disease; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004942:Esophagitis, Peptic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D064747:Lansoprazole; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009853:Omeprazole / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D054328:Proton Pump Inhibitors; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D053799:2-Pyridinylmethylsulfinylbenzimidazoles; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D054328:Proton Pump Inhibitors; D064747:Lansoprazole; D009853:Omeprazole