Clinical Study

Efficacy of a “Rescue” Ciprofloxacin-Based Regimen for Eradication of Helicobacter pylori Infection after Treatment Failures

Table 1

Intervention status of patients enrolled in the study.

StatusPatients*

Received intervention34
Lost to followup2
Completed trial32
Intervention ineffective10
Cure Rate ITT65% (22/34)
95% CI46–80
Cure Rate PP69% (22/32)
95% CI50–83

*Patients in whom a first eradication trial with omeprazole/esomeprazole, clarithromycin, and amoxicillin (14 patients) or omeprazole/esomeprazole, clarithromycin, and tinidazole/metronidazole (20 patients) had failed to eradicate H. pylori infection.
ITT: intention-to-treat analysis; PP: per protocol analysis; CI: Confidence Interval.