Children's heartburn drug study halted early
NCT ID NCT04821310
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether a full or half dose of pantoprazole could keep the esophagus healed in children aged 1 to 17 who had erosive esophagitis. The goal was to see which dose worked better and was safer. The study was stopped early, so results are limited.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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43 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2022
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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1 year to 17 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Participants must have a documented erosive lesion with an Los Angeles (LA) Grade of A to D prior to starting Proton Pump Inhibitor treatment: * Capable of giving signed informed consent/assent * Willingness and ability of the participant or parent/legal guardian to complete the eDiary * Willing and able to comply with all scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests, lifestyle considerations, and other study procedures, including the use of the eDiary. * Male and female participants aged 1 to 17 years. * Minimum body weight 7 kilogram and weight at least at the 5th percentile per the Center for Disease Control standard age and weight chart, for the participant's age. * To be considered a female of non childbearing potential, the participant must meet at least 1 of the following criteria : * Premenarchal: The investigator (or other appropriate staff) must discuss the participant's premenarchal status with the participant and parent/legal guardian at office visits and during telephone contacts, as participants who achieve menarche during the study would no longer be considered "female participants of non childbearing potential" and must comply with the protocol requirements applicable to women of childbearing potential. Exclusion Criteria: * Previous administration of an investigational drug or vaccine within 30 days (or as determined by the local requirement) or 5 half-lives preceding the first dose of study intervention used in this study (whichever is longer). * Children that may be at high risk from procedural sedation should be carefully evaluated. Participants with a history of complications during prior procedural sedation * History or presence of upper gastrointestinal anatomic or motor disorders * Family history of malignant hyperthermia * Known hypersensitivity to any Proton Pump Inhibitor, including pantoprazole or to any substituted benzimidazole or to any of the excipients. * Any disorder requiring chronic (daily) use of warfarin, heparin, other anticoagulants, methotrexate, atazanavir or nelfinavir, clopidogrel, or potent inhibitors or inducers of CYP2C19 (eg, phenytoin, sulfamethoxazole, valproic acid, carbamazepine, and griseofulvin). * Serum creatine kinase levels \>3 x upper limit of normal. * Known history of human immunodeficiency virus or clinical manifestations of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. * Active malignancy of any type, or history of a malignancy. Participants with a history of malignancies that have been surgically removed or eradicated by irradiation or chemotherapy and who have no evidence of recurrence for at least 5 years before Screening are acceptable. * Diagnosed as having or has received treatment for esophageal, gastric, pyloric channel, or duodenal ulceration within 30 days before the Screening visit. * Alanine aminotransferase or blood urea nitrogen \>2.0 upper limit of normal or estimated creatinine \>1.5 X upper limit of normal for age or any other laboratory abnormality considered by the Investigator to be clinically significant within 14 days before the Baseline Visit (Day 1). * Other acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition including recent (within the past year) or active suicidal ideation or behavior or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk associated with study participation or study intervention administration or may interfere with the interpretation of study results and, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the participant inappropriate for entry into this study. * Has, in the Investigator's opinion, a serious chronic condition (eg, diabetes, epilepsy), which is either not stable or not well controlled and may interfere with the conduct of the study. * Has any condition possibly affecting drug absorption (eg, gastrectomy). Prior or Concomitant Therapy: * Frequent, repeated use of oral or parenteral glucocorticoids (eg, prednisone, prednisolone, dexamethasone). Steroid inhalers and topical steroids may be used. * Pregnant female participants; breastfeeding female participants. * Is unwilling or unable to comply with the Lifestyle Considerations section
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Baptist/Wolfson's Children's Hospital
Jacksonville, Florida, 32207, United States
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Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Madison, Wisconsin, 53715, United States
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Chiara Biaggi de Casenave, MD
Guaynabo, 00969, Puerto Rico
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Evelina London Children's Hospital
London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
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Georgian-American Family Medicine Clinic
Tbilisi, 0171, Georgia
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Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation Trust
London, WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom
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Guys & St Thomas Nhs Foundation
London, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
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Hospital HIMA San Pablo Caguas
Caguas, 00725, Puerto Rico
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Izmir Saglik Bilimleri University Tepecik Training And Research Hospital
Izmir, 35340, Turkey (Türkiye)
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JSC Georgian Clinics
Tbilisi, 0159, Georgia
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KM Management, spol. s r.o.,
Nitra, 94901, Slovakia
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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
London, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom
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LTD Imedi Clinic
Tbilisi, 0159, Georgia
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MDX Klinik Arastirma Egitim ve Danismanlik Ltd
Istanbul, 34880, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Medical college and Hospital
Kolkata, West Bengal, 700073, India
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Nemours Children's Health, Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida, 32207, United States
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SR Kalla Memorial Gastro & General Hospital
Jaipur, Rajasthan, 302001, India
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T.C. Saglik Bakanligi - Izmir Sehir Hastanesi
Izmir, 35540, Turkey (Türkiye)
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UW Health 2275 Deming Way Clinic
Middleton, Wisconsin, 53562, United States
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UW Health E Terrace Dr Medical Center
Madison, Wisconsin, 53718, United States
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University Children's Hospital
Belgrade, 11000, Serbia
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University Clinical Center of Kragujevac
Kragujevac, 34000, Serbia
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University Hospital and UW Health Clinics
Madison, Wisconsin, 53792, United States
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University clinical center of the Republic of Srpska
Banja Luka, 78000, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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University of Rochester
Rochester, New York, 14627, United States
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University of Rochester Medical Center Clinical Research Center
Rochester, New York, 14642, United States
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Univerzitna nemocnica Martin, Klinika deti a dorastu
Martin, 036 59, Slovakia
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