Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver
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The best rescue therapy for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection following failure of non-bismuth quadruple therapy (NBQT) remains unanswered. ⋯ In populations with high levofloxacin resistance, 14-day second-line LBAE regimen resulted in an unsatisfactory efficacy in patients resistant to NBQT despite good safety and compliance.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Patient-reported outcomes with lanreotide Autogel/Depot for carcinoid syndrome: An international observational study.
Lanreotide Autogel/Depot effectively controls symptoms in patients with carcinoid syndrome associated with neuroendocrine tumours. Data on patient-reported outcomes are sparse. ⋯ Lanreotide treatment was associated with improvements in symptoms as well as a range of PROs in patients with neuroendocrine tumours and carcinoid syndrome (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01234168).
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We aimed to prospectively assess whether endoscopic recurrence severity at 1 year in Crohn's disease is predictive of clinical recurrence within 5 years. ⋯ In Crohn's disease, severity of endoscopic recurrence at 1 year remains a predictive marker of clinical recurrence within 5 years. Small intestine contrast ultrasonography is useful for assessing 1-year recurrence.