Clinical Study

Effect of High-Dose Oral Rabeprazole on Recurrent Bleeding after Endoscopic Treatment of Bleeding Peptic Ulcers

Table 2

Baseline characteristics (ITT population).

Oral rabeprazole group ( )IV omeprazole group ( ) value

Ulcer size (mm)13.7 ± 12.210.5 ± 11.10.173
Ulcer type0.415
 GU3027
 DU2120
 GU and DU35
Helicobacter pylori0.653
 Positive2219
 Negative2428
 Unknown85
Stigmata of hemorrhage0.912
 Active arterial spurting64
 Oozing1514
 Nonbleeding visible vessel2123
 Adherent clot1211
Endoscopic treatment0.254
 Epi + hemoclip3629
 Epi only78
 Hemoclip only65
 Epi + APC25
 Epi + mono02
 Epi + hemoclip + APC20
 Epi + hemoclip + mono10
 EBL02
 APC01

ITT: intention-to-treat; IV: intravenous; GU: gastric ulcer; DU: duodenal ulcer; Epi: epinephrine injection (1 : 10,000 dilution in saline); APC: argon plasma coagulation; mono: monopolar coagulation; EBL: endoscopic band ligation.