title: Ebrotidine versus ranitidine in the healing and prevention of relapse of duodenal ulcer. A multicentre, double-blind, parallel, randomized, controlled study.
abstract: Two hundred and fifty patients were included in a double-blind, parallel, randomized, controlled clinical trial. Duodenal ulcer treatment lasted up to 8 weeks. Forty-nine patients were followed up for prevention of ulcer relapse for up to one year. All patients received either ranitidine (300 mg/day in the healing phase and 150 mg/day in the follow-up phase) or ebrotidine (N-[(E)-[[2-[[[2-[(diaminomethylene)amino]-4 -thiazolyl]methyl]thio]ethyl]amino]methylene]-4-bromo-benzenesulfonamide , CAS 100981-43-9, FI-3542) (400 mg/day in both phases) as a single dose at bedtime. Both groups were matched in all demographic parameters, except for a significantly higher percentage of smokers in the ranitidine group. The percentage of total healing was almost the same with both products. Healing occurred in a higher percentage with ebrotidine at weeks 4 (75% versus 66.7%) and 6 (87% versus 79.7%). A higher effect of ebrotidine on the incidence of duodenitis was identified during the whole study, but only reached statistical significance at week 6. The relapse rate during the follow-up phase showed no differences between the two study treatments, relapse percentage figures being 25% for ebrotidine and 24% for ranitidine. There were no differences in the number of unscheduled visits between the two groups, although 57% of patients in the ranitidine group had to make a second follow-up visit, as compared with 33% in the ebrotidine group. Both drugs caused hardly any side effects, affecting only one patient from each group: one patient with ebrotidine suffered from diarrhoea and one patient with ranitidine developed a skin rash on the limbs. Administration of ebrotidine in a single dose (400 mg/d) was at least as effective and safe as ranitidine both for healing and relapse prevention in patients with duodenal ulcer.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Medicine, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tulassay
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Döbrönte
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Farkas
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Juhász
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Prónai
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Márquez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001557:Benzenesulfonates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011899:Ranitidine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012008:Recurrence; D012907:Smoking; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D001557:Benzenesulfonates; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists; D013844:Thiazoles; D011899:Ranitidine; C075156:ebrotidine