Bronchial asthma with gastroesophageal reflux disease(GERD)
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: In patients with bronchial asthma, all of the following criteria was required for enrollment (1)age:20 years or more (2)receiving inhaled corticosteroid for at least 4 weeks (3)diagnosed with GERD by Gerd Q or FSSG
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1)hypersensitivity to EPZ or other PPI (2)treated with atazanavir sulfate (3)hypersensitivity to drugs (4)severe disease in liver, kidney, heart (5)severe symptom in gastrointestinal tract(hematemesis, hemorrhagic stool, severe anemia, sudden weight loss) (6)past history of gastrointestinal tract resection, vagotomy, lung resection (7)in combination with other PPI or histamine H2 antagonist (8)not treated with systemic steroid for 3 months before the enrollment (9)decided to be unsuitable to enrollment by physician
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The change of %FEV1 12 weeks after the introduction of EPZ. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Kochi University School of Medicine Department of Hematology and Respiratory Medicine