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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study participants

From: Vonoprazan versus lansoprazole in the treatment of artificial gastric ulcers after endoscopic submucossal dissection: a randomized, open-label trial

 

Vonoprazan group

n = 85

Lansoprazole group

n = 83

P value

Age (years), median (range)

73 (47–89)

73 (33–90)

0.96

Sex, male, n (%)

63 (74)

58 (70)

0.54

Habits

   

Smoking, n (%)

16 (19)

16 (19)

0.94

Alcohol, n (%)

36 (42)

34 (41)

0.86

Anti-Helicobacter pylori IgG antibody

   

Positive, n (%)

30 (35)

31 (37)

0.78

*PPI use prior to treatment

   

Yes, n (%)

24 (28)

18 (22)

0.33

Comorbidities

   

Hypertension, n (%)

56 (66)

44 (53)

0.089

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

18 (21)

14 (17)

0.48

Ischemic heart disease, n (%)

0 (0)

2 (2)

0.24

Cerebral infarction, n (%)

0 (0)

1 (1)

0.49

Location of lesion

   

Upper third, n (%)

9 (11)

11 (13)

0.28

Middle third, n (%)

35 (41)

42 (51)

 

Lower third, n (%)

41 (48)

30 (36)

 

Lesion size (mm), median (range)

10 (2–54)

10 (2–40)

0.85

Preoperative histological diagnosis

   

Adenoma, n (%)

19 (22)

27 (32)

0.20

Differentiated adenocarcinoma, n (%)

64 (75)

52 (63)

 

Undifferentiated adenocarcinoma, n (%)

2 (2)

2 (2)

 

Neuroendocrine tumor grade 1, n (%)

0 (0)

2 (2)

 

Ulcer scar in tumor, n (%)

6 (7)

7 (8)

0.74

ESD ulcer index (mm2), median (range)

875 (260–4000)

875 (238–4180)

0.59

  1. *PPI, proton pump inhibitor; ESD, endoscopic submucosal dissection