Review Article
Efficacy and Safety of Acotiamide for the Treatment of Functional Dyspepsia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 1
Main characteristics of eligible studies.
| Author, year | Location, and number of centers | Publication type | Diagnostic criteria | Number of patients | Dose of acotiamide | Duration of treatment | Jadad score |
| Kusunoki et al. 2012 [11] | Japan, 1 site | Full text | Rome II criteria | 42 | 100 mg, tid | 14–18 d | 4 | Matsueda et al. 2010 (A) [16] | Japan, 33 sites | Full text | Rome II criteria | 323 | 100 mg or 300 mg, tid | 4 w | 5 | Matsueda et al. 2010 (B) [16] | Japan, 46 sites | Full text | Rome II criteria | 462 | 50 mg, 100 mg or 300 mg, tid | 4 w | 5 | Tack et al. 2009 [17] | Europe, 8 sites | Full text | Rome II criteria | 71 | 50 mg, 100 mg or 300 mg, tid | 3 w | 4 | Talley et al. 2008 [18] | USA, 59 sites | Meeting abstract | Rome II criteria | 416 | 300 mg, 600 mg or 900 mg, tid | 12 w | 3 | Matsueda et al. 2005 [24] | Japan, NR | Meeting abstract | Patients with FD symptoms and negative endoscopy | 127 | 50 mg, 100 mg or 300 mg, tid | 4 w | 2 | Matsueda et al. 2012 [25] | Japan, 67 sites | Full text | Rome III criteria | 897 | 100 mg, tid | 4 w | 5 |
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FD, functional dyspepsia; NR, not reported; RCT, randomized controlled trial; and tid, three times daily.
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