Status:

COMPLETED

Development of a Novel Disease-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Patients in Chinese Population

Lead Sponsor:

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Conditions:

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

A questionnaire composed of items addressing psychological, emotional and social aspects of GERD is developed for Chinese population. We plan to conduct a validation study on this novel disease-specif...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients presenting with 1 attack of heartburn and/or acid regurgitation per week as chief complaint in recent 6 months

Exclusion

  • Patients with
  • GERD as GI involvement of systemic disease e.g. scleroderma, SLE, thyrotoxicosis, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction
  • Cause of esophagitis other than GERD e.g. drug induced, infection, nasogastric tube injury
  • Previous gastrointestinal or hepatobiliary surgery (including cholecystectomy)
  • Organic pathology of upper GI tract that may present as reflux / dyspeptic symptom e.g. peptic ulcer, gastric cancer, gastric outlet obstruction
  • Presence of alarm symptom that does not suggest functional GI disorder
  • Use of NSAID in recent 4 weeks (Low dose aspirin \< 300 mg is allowed)
  • Pregnant woman or lactating female
  • Illiterate patient (who cannot administer questionnaire)
  • Known hypersensitivity to PPI

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2003

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 1 2006

Estimated Enrollment :

330 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00165022

Start Date

September 1 2003

End Date

October 1 2006

Last Update

March 31 2008

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Endoscopy Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital

Hong Kong, China