Survey to Describe Impact of Reflux Disease on Everyday Life in GERD Patients Before and After 4 Weeks Treatment.

Epidemiological Survey to Describe Impact of Reflux Disease on Everyday Life in GERD Patients Before and After 4 Weeks Treatment

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00786773

Enrollment

2091

Registered

2008-11-06

Start date

2008-10-31

Completion date

2009-06-30

Last updated

2010-12-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Keywords

GERD, reflux symptom, heartburn, acid regurgitation, PPI, H2RA, antacid

Brief summary

To describe the change of impact of reflux symptoms on the everyday life perceived by patients before and after 4 weeks treatment by using GERD Impact Scale questionnaire (GIS) by total GERD patient population and by treatment group; and to describe the concordance between patient-reported and physician-reported symptom load.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with GERD diagnosed clinically or by endoscopy and prescribed with medical treatments * Provision of written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* Patients cannot read and/or understand GIS * Patients with the history or symptoms of peptic ulcer, gastrointestinal cancer, serious or malignant diseases (anorexia, weight loss, anemia, fever …)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Type, frequency and severity of the GERD symptoms	4 weeks

Countries

Vietnam

Outcome results