Empirical Second-Line Therapy in 5000 Patients of the European Registry on Helicobacter pylori Management (Hp-EuReg)

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  • Olga P. Nyssen
  • Dino Vaira
  • Ángeles Pérez Aísa
  • Luis Rodrigo
  • Manuel Castro-Fernandez
  • Laimas Jonaitis
  • Bojan Tepes
  • Liudmila Vologzhanina
  • María Caldas
  • Angel Lanas
  • Alfredo J. Lucendo
  • Luis Bujanda
  • Juan Ortuño
  • Jesús Barrio
  • Jose M. Huguet
  • Irina Voynovan
  • Jorge Perez Lasala
  • Aiman Silkanovna Sarsenbaeva
  • Luis Fernandez-Salazar
  • Javier Molina-Infante
  • Natasa Brglez Jurecic
  • Miguel Areia
  • Antonio Gasbarrini
  • Juozas Kupčinskas
  • Dmitry Bordin
  • Ricardo Marcos-Pinto
  • Frode Lerang
  • Marcis Leja
  • Gyorgy M. Buzas
  • Yaron Niv
  • Theodore Rokkas
  • Perminder Phull
  • Sinead Smith
  • Oleg Shvets
  • Marino Venerito
  • Vladimir Milivojevic
  • Ilkay Simsek
  • Vincent Lamy
  • Bytzer, Peter
  • Lyudmila Boyanova
  • Lumír Kunovský
  • Christoph Beglinger
  • Michael Doulberis
  • Wojciech Marlicz
  • Adrian Goldis
  • Ante Tonkić
  • Lisette Capelle
  • Ignasi Puig
  • Francis Megraud
  • Colm O’ Morain
  • European Registry on Helicobacter pylori Management Hp-EuReg Investigators

Background & Aims: After a first Helicobacter pylori eradication attempt, approximately 20% of patients will remain infected. The aim of the current study was to assess the effectiveness and safety of second-line empiric treatment in Europe. Methods: This international, multicenter, prospective, non-interventional registry aimed to evaluate the decisions and outcomes of H pylori management by European gastroenterologists. All infected adult cases with a previous eradication treatment attempt were registered with the Spanish Association of Gastroenterology–Research Electronic Data Capture until February 2021. Patients allergic to penicillin and those who received susceptibility-guided therapy were excluded. Data monitoring was performed to ensure data quality. Results: Overall, 5055 patients received empiric second-line treatment. Triple therapy with amoxicillin and levofloxacin was prescribed most commonly (33%). The overall effectiveness was 82% by modified intention-to-treat analysis and 83% in the per-protocol population. After failure of first-line clarithromycin-containing treatment, optimal eradication (>90%) was obtained with moxifloxacin-containing triple therapy or levofloxacin-containing quadruple therapy (with bismuth). In patients receiving triple therapy containing levofloxacin or moxifloxacin, and levofloxacin–bismuth quadruple treatment, cure rates were optimized with 14-day regimens using high doses of proton pump inhibitors. However, 3-in-1 single capsule or levofloxacin–bismuth quadruple therapy produced reliable eradication rates regardless of proton pump inhibitor dose, duration of therapy, or previous first-line treatment. The overall incidence of adverse events was 28%, and most (85%) were mild. Three patients developed serious adverse events (0.3%) requiring hospitalization. Conclusions: Empiric second-line regimens including 14-day quinolone triple therapies, 14-day levofloxacin–bismuth quadruple therapy, 14-day tetracycline–bismuth classic quadruple therapy, and 10-day bismuth quadruple therapy (as a single capsule) provided optimal effectiveness. However, many other second-line treatments evaluated reported low eradication rates. ClincialTrials.gov number: NCT02328131.

Original languageEnglish
JournalClinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Volume20
Issue number10
Pages (from-to)2243-2257
Number of pages15
ISSN1542-3565
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

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    Research areas

  • Bismuth, Clarithromycin, Helicobacter pylori, Levofloxacin, Rescue

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