Long-term Prevention of Recurrent Gastric or Duodenal Ulcers Caused by Low-dose Aspirin With Rabeprazole (E3810) Treatment (Planetarium Study)

Long-term Prevention of Recurrent Gastric or Duodenal Ulcers Caused by Low-dose Aspirin With Rabeprazole (E3810) Treatment. - A Multicenter, Randomized, Parallel-group, Open-label Trial-

The primary objective of this study to examine the long-term safety of rabeprazole 5 mg or 10 mg tablets administered once daily in participants who were confirmed to have no recurrence of gastric or duodenal ulcer by endoscopic examination at the end of 24 weeks of treatment in the E3810-J081-308 (NCI01397448) [Double-Blind Phase] study. From a total of 420 participants who completed the E3810-J081-308 study, 328 entered the E3810-J081-309 (NCT01398410) study.

The E3810-J081-309 consisted of two arms: the long-term rabeprazole groups (participants from the rabeprazole 5 or 10 mg arm of the E3810-J081-308 study who entered the rabeprazole 5 mg or 10 mg arm of the E3810-J081-309 study) and the newly-initiated rabeprazole groups (participants from the teprenone 150 mg arm of the E3810-J081-308 study who entered the rabeprazole 5 mg or 10 mg arm of the E3810-J081-309 study).

Inclusion Criteria

• Confirmed to have no recurrence of gastric or duodenal ulcer by endoscopy at the end of 24 weeks of treatment in study E3810-J081-308.
• Need to continue receiving low-dose aspirin (81 mg/day or 100 mg/day) during this study.

Exclusion Criteria

-Confirmed to have a recurrence of gastric or duodenal ulcer at the end of 24 weeks of treatment in study E3810-J081-308 (at the start of this trial) and thus are withdrawn from the trial.