Abstract
The effect of cimetidine treatment in cancer of the stomach was investigated in a double-blind, multicentre study comprising eight departments in Greater Copenhagen. Immediately after operation (or the decision not to operate) 181 patients were subdivided at random to treatment with a placebo or cimetidine in a dosage of 400 mg twice daily for two years or until death. Compliance control was carried out every third month. The mean survival in the cimetidine group (450 days, 1-1,826) was significantly longer (p = 0.02) than in the placebo group (316 days, 1-1,653).
Bidragets oversatte titel | Cimetidine treatment of stomach cancer |
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Originalsprog | Dansk |
Tidsskrift | Ugeskrift for Laeger |
Vol/bind | 151 |
Udgave nummer | 24 |
Sider (fra-til) | 1549-51 |
Antal sider | 3 |
ISSN | 0041-5782 |
Status | Udgivet - 12 jun. 1989 |
Emneord
- Adult
- Aged
- Cimetidine
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- Double-Blind Method
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Multicenter Studies as Topic
- Stomach Neoplasms