13-C Urea Breath Test Using BreathID System and PPIs (Proton Pump Inhibitors)

Launched by MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE, INC. · Jan 20, 2009

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Adult subjects with suspected H pylori infection will be recruited and will undergo a 13C -Urea breath test (including citrica) with the BreathID test device. Those were found positive will undergo selected PPI treatment for 14 days and after 24 or 72 hours from the completion of the two weeks, will undergo a second breath test. Those found to be negative (false negative), will undergo additional breath tests.

* Those subjects that underwent any antibiotic, bismuth or PPI therapy 4 weeks prior to the trial, are to be excluded.
* Furthermore, pregnant or nursing women and subjects with an a...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Adults with H.pylori infection.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Pregnancy,
• • Nursing,
• • Antibiotic, bismuth or PPI treatment 2 weeks prior to trial,
• • Known sensitivity to Urea or citrica.