The Diagnostic Validity of the Urea Breath Test

The Effect of Citric Acid as the Test Meal on the Diagnostic Accuracy of the 13C-Urea Breath Test in Korean, Randomized Controlled, Open Label Prospective Study

1. To compare the diagnostic accuracy of the 13C-Urea breath test between using the citric acid as test meal and controlled group by endoscopic biopsy methods(histology, CLOtest and H. pylori culture).
2. To compare the delta value of 13CO2 results between before and after ingestion of citric acid as test meal.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Helicobacter Pylori Infection
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Citric acid

Detailed Description

1-1 Screening (visit 1, From -6 to -8 weeks) and H. pylori eradication

1. To accept the agreement, confirm inclusion/exclusion criteria, and evaluate the baseline characteristics of patients

2. H. pylori eradication

   • First eradication: PPI-based triple therapy (standard dose of PPI b.i.d., clarithromycin 500 mg b.i.d., and amoxicillin 1 g b.i.d. for 1 week), and sequential therapy (initial 5-day therapy with a combination of PPI b.i.d and amoxicillin 1g b.i.d, followed by 5 days of PPI b.i.d., clarithromycin 500mg b.i.d., and metronidazole 500mg t.i.d)
   • Rescue therapy: bismuth-containing quadruple therapy [PPI b.i.d., tripotassium dicitrate bismuthate 300 mg q.i.d. (three tablets at 30 min before meals and one tablet at 2 hours after dinner), metronidazole 500 mg t.i.d., and tetracycline 500 mg q.i.d.] for 1-2 weeks, or moxifloxacin-containing triple therapy (moxifloxacin 400 mg q.d., amoxicillin 1g b.i.d., and PPI b.i.d.) for 1-2 weeks.

1-2 Baseline (visit 2, 0 week): urea breath test

1. Reconfirm inclusion and exclusion criteria
2. Randomization for UBT test (citric acid group vs control group)
3. In citric acid group: taking 4 g of citric acid solving in 200 ml of water 10 minutes before UBT.
4. Perform UBT in both group

1-3) Endoscopic surveillance (visit 3, 6 or later months)

1. Endoscopic surveillance for final H. pylori status after UBT

   • Histology, CLOtest or H. pylori culture
2. Statical analysis for diagnostic accuracy of the UBT between citric acid group and controlled group: sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, false positive rate, and false negative rate.

2. Selecting 40 patients who showed UBT result between 2.5 to 4.0 in controlled group, the investigators are planning to reperform 13C-UBT after giving citric acid as test meal.

And then, the investigators compare the change of UBT result before and after ingestion citric acid as test meal.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 1200
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Korea, Republic of
  • Seongnam, Korea, Republic of
    • Seoul National University Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years to 86 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male and female Korean adult (Aged over 18 years)
• The Patients who diagnosed H. pylori infection and received H. pylori eradication therapy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age under 18 years
• Patients who took any drug which could affect the study results such as proton pump inhibitor, H2 blocker, mucosal protective agents and antibiotics
• Advanced gastric cancer or other malignancy
• Abnormal liver function test or liver cirrhosis
• Abnormal renal function or chronic kidney disease
• Other severe concurrent disease

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Citric acid group; Giving the citric acid (4g) as test meal before UBT	Drug: Citric acid; Giving the citric acid (4g) solving in 200 ml of water before UBT
No Intervention: Controlled group; No use of test meal

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of participants who showed discrepant result between UBT result and endoscopic result in both citric acid group and controlled group	After urea breath test in the two group (citric acid group vs controlled group), endoscopic surveillance would be performed for confirmation of H. pylori status by endoscopic biopsy methods(histology, CLOtest or culture).	6 months or later after urea breath test
Compare the diagnostic accuracy which is a composite outcome measure such as sensitivity, specificity, predictive positive value and negative predictive value between citric acid group and controlled group	Comparing the final H. pylori status between UBT method and endoscopic biopsy methods, we will evaluate the diagnostic accuracy (sensitivity, specificity, false positive ratio, false negative ratio, positive predictive value and negative predictive value) of the UBT between using citric acid group and controlled group.	6 months or later after urea breath test

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 1, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 31, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): December 31, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 18, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 4, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): February 10, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 18, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 17, 2019
• Last Verified: April 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Helicobacter pylori infection; Eradication; Urea breath test
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections; Bacterial Infections; Bacterial Infections and Mycoses; Infections; Helicobacter Infections; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Anticoagulants; Chelating Agents; Sequestering Agents; Calcium Chelating Agents; Citric Acid; Sodium Citrate
• Other Study ID Numbers: B-1412/279-004