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RecruitingNCT03365609Updated Feb 28, 2025

A Comparison of Four Different Treatment Regimens of Helicobacter Pylori in Chinese Children

An interventional study of triple therapy and sequential therapy in Helicobacter Infections, sponsored by Ying HUANG. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 6 Years to 18 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-02-28.

Sponsored by Ying HUANG · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Oct 2025, 1 year ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Sep 2017; still recruiting 9 years 1 month later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1,440
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
6 Years to 18 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

With the resistance of Helicobacter pylori increasing, low and unsatisfactory eradication rate (64%) have been observed with standard triple therapy in European children. Which regimen is appropriate for Chinese children? There is no large scale, multi center studies in China about treatment, CYP2C19 gene polymorphism, resistance rate and resistance genotype. Investigators want to perform a research to compare four different treatment regimens(triple therapy, sequential therapy, bismuth quadruple therapy and concomitant therapy)as the first-line treatment of Helicobacter pylori in Chinese children and investigation of resistance, impact factors and changes of microbiota after the therapy. The results of the study will provide theoretical basis to make the new guideline of diagnosis and therapy of Helicobacter pylori in Chinese children. It advance instruct and norm the clinical practice for Chinese pediatrician to increase the cure rate of Helicobacter pylori and decrease the resistance.

Read the detailed description

Eligible children were randomly divided into four groups: standard triple therapy, sequential therapy, bismuth quadruple therapy and concomitant therapy. The course of treatment is 14 days. The primary outcome measure was the Hp eradication rate at 4-6 weeks after completion of treatment which was confirmed by a negative of 13 UBT. Secondary outcome measures included side effects, impact factor and changes of microbiome after the therapy.

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Conditions studied

  • Helicobacter Infections
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In context

Helicobacter Infections

188 studies on the registry are indexed under Helicobacter Infections; 33 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 1,440 is above the median of 160 across 134 interventional studies indexed under Helicobacter Infections.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Ying HUANG as lead sponsor.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
6 Years to 18 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • children 6-18 years of age who were referred for upper endoscopy and confirmed to have Hp infection

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • patients were excluded if they had taken proton pump inhibitors, H2-receptor antagonists or antibiotics in the 4 weeks prior to the study. Patients with known antibiotic allergy,hepatic impairment or kidney failure were also excluded. Patients who received Hp therapy before were also excluded.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
1,440 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    T-group

    T-group(triple therapy)

    Drug: triple therapy

  • Experimental
    S-group

    S-group( sequential therapy)

    Drug: sequential therapy

  • Experimental
    B-group

    B-group( bismuth quadruple therapy )

    Drug: bismuth quadruple therapy

  • Experimental
    C-group

    C-group( concomitant therapy)

    Drug: concomitant therapy

Interventions

  • Drugtriple therapy

    Omeprazole+Amoxicillin+Clarithromycin

  • Drugsequential therapy

    the first 7 days : Omeprazole+Amoxicillin, the last 7 days: Omeprazole+Clarithromycin+Metronidazole

  • Drugbismuth quadruple therapy

    Omeprazole+Amoxicillin+Metronidazole+Colloidal Bismuth Subcitrate

  • Drugconcomitant therapy

    Omeprazole+Amoxicillin+Clarithromycin+Metronidazole

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. 13C-UBT

    13C-UBT was used to determine whether Hp treatments was successful

    Time frame: 13C-UBT was assessed at 4-6 weeks after completion of therapy

Secondary outcomes

  1. side effects

    such as diarrea,rash,dark stool

    Time frame: assess at 2,4-6weeks after completion of the therapy

  2. changes of Shannon diversity indices for gut microbiome

    changes of the Shannon diversity indices

    Time frame: assess at 0,2,4-6weeks after completion of the therapy

  3. changes of OTU for gut microbiome

    changes of OTU

    Time frame: assess at 0,2,4-6weeks after completion of the therapy

  4. changes of abundances for gut microbiome

    changes of abundances of the bacteria

    Time frame: assess at ,2,4-6weeks after completion of the therapy

  5. CYP2C19 gene that impact the metabolism of PPI

    CYP2C19 gene polymorphism

    Time frame: detect the gene before the therapy

  6. virulence gene-cagA

    cagA

    Time frame: detect the gene before the therapy

  7. virulence gene-vacA

    vacA

    Time frame: detect the gene before the therapy

  8. patient compliance

    good compliance is defined as taking more than 80% drugs

    Time frame: assess compliance 2 weeks after the therapy

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Children's hospital of Fudan university
    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality 201102, China
    • Ying Huang, MD and PhD · Contact · yhuang815@163.com · 13816882247
    • Ying Zhou · Sub investigator
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Jones NL, Koletzko S, Goodman K, Bontems P, Cadranel S, Casswall T, Czinn S, Gold BD, Guarner J, Elitsur Y, Homan M, Kalach N, Kori M, Madrazo A, Megraud F, Papadopoulou A, Rowland M; ESPGHAN, NASPGHAN. Joint ESPGHAN/NASPGHAN Guidelines for the Management of Helicobacter pylori in Children and Adolescents (Update 2016). J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2017 Jun;64(6):991-1003. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001594. PubMed 28541262 ↗

Study documents

  • Study protocol · Oct 1, 2017
  • Informed consent form · Oct 1, 2017

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Started Sep 2017 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Oct 2025, 96 months after the start.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Nov 20, 2017
First posted
Dec 7, 2017
StartActual
Sep 20, 2017
Primary completionEst.
Oct 1, 2025
CompletionEst.
Dec 31, 2025
Last update
Feb 28, 2025
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 28, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03365609
Lead sponsor
Ying HUANG
Collaborators
Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, The Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Tang-Du Hospital
Responsible party
Ying HUANG (The director of gastroenterology of Children's Hospital of Fudan, Children's Hospital of Fudan University) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Dec 7, 2017
Start date
Sep 20, 2017
Primary completion
Oct 1, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 28, 2025

Study contacts

Ying Zhou, master
Contact
nnyyhhs@163.com
13917394900

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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