The Effectiveness of Omeprazole and Esomeprazole in Infants with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Comparative Study

Madani, Ramin; Heidari, Mohammad Mahdi; Sabahi, Mohammad Ali; Salehi, Mahdi; Kheirkhah, Davood; Taghavi-Ardakani, Abbas; Jamei, Somayeh; Shafiei, Amir Mahdi; Gilasi, Hamid Reza

doi:10.22038/ijp.2024.76553.5401

The Effectiveness of Omeprazole and Esomeprazole in Infants with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Comparative Study

Document Type : original article

Authors

Ramin Madani ¹

Mohammad Mahdi Heidari ¹^{, 2}^{, 3}

Mohammad Ali Sabahi ¹

Mahdi Salehi ³

Davood Kheirkhah ¹^{, 2}

Abbas Taghavi-Ardakani ¹^{, 2}

Somayeh Jamei ⁴

Amir Mahdi Shafiei ³

Hamid Reza Gilasi ⁵

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.

² Infectious Diseases Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.

³ Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.

⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

⁵ Department of Biostatistics and Public Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.

10.22038/ijp.2024.76553.5401

Abstract

Background: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) is common in infants and its treatment remains extremely challenging in this age group. Therefore this study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of omeprazole and esomeprazole in infants, aged 1-11 months old, presented with GERD.
Methods: This double-blind randomized controlled trial was conducted on 80 infants. All patients were randomly divided into omeprazole and esomeprazole treatment groups for four weeks. The signs, symptoms, and disease severity based on the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) of GERD were evaluated after treatment in both groups. The data were then analyzed using the SPSS Statistics software (version 21).
Results: The results of this study did not show significant differences between the mean disease severity based on VAS of both omeprazole- (81.1±55.7) and esomeprazole-receiving (79.1±77.6) groups (p=0.091). However, in each group, the mean disease severity after one month of treatment was significantly lower as compared to baseline (p<0.01). The recovery rates were similar in both groups (75% and 70% for omeprazole and esomeprazole groups, respectively) (p=0.799).
Conclusion: Omeprazole and esomeprazole did not have significant differences in signs, symptoms, and disease severity of GERD, however, we observed a significant reduction in disease severity in both groups indicating that these two drugs could be used interchangeably for the treatment of GERD disorder.

Keywords

Esomeprazole

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

GERD

Infant

Omeprazole

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