CONSENSUS STATEMENT
The Toronto Consensus for the Treatment of
Helicobacter pylori
Infection in Adults
Carlo A. Fallone,
1
Naoki Chiba,
2
,
3
Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten,
4
Lori Fischbach,
5
Javier P. Gisbert,
6
Richard H. Hunt,
3
,
7
Nicola L. Jones,
8
Craig Render,
9
Grigorios I. Leontiadis,
3
,
7
Paul Moayyedi,
3
,
7
and John K. Marshall
3
,
7
1
Division of Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;
2
Guelph GI and
Surgery Clinic, Guelph, Ontario, Canada;
3
Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;
4
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;
5
Department of
Epidemiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas;
6
Gastroenterology Service, Hospital
Universitario de la Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa (IIS-IP) and Centro de Investigación Biomédica
en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain;
7
Farncombe Family Digestive Health
Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;
8
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and
Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children, Departments of Paediatrics and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada; and
9
Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
This article has an accompanying continuing medical education activity, also eligible for MOC credit, on page e25. Learning
Objective: Upon completion of this examination, successful learners will be able to establish a treatment plan for patients with
H pylori infection.
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Helicobacter pylori infection is
increasingly dif
ficult to treat. The purpose of these consensus
statements is to provide a review of the literature and speci
fic,
updated recommendations for eradication therapy in adults.
METHODS: A systematic literature search identi
fied studies
on H pylori treatment. The quality of evidence and strength of
recommendations were rated according to the Grading of
Recommendation Assessment, Development and Evaluation
(GRADE) approach. Statements were developed through an
online platform,
finalized, and voted on by an international
working group of specialists chosen by the Canadian Asso-
ciation of Gastroenterology. RESULTS: Because of increasing
failure of therapy, the consensus group strongly recommends
that all H pylori eradication regimens now be given for 14
days. Recommended
first-line strategies include concomitant
nonbismuth quadruple therapy (proton pump inhibitor
[PPI]
þ amoxicillin þ metronidazole þ clarithromycin
[PAMC]) and traditional bismuth quadruple therapy (PPI
þ
bismuth
þ metronidazole þ tetracycline [PBMT]). PPI triple
therapy (PPI
þ clarithromycin þ either amoxicillin or
metronidazole) is restricted to areas with known low clari-
thromycin resistance or high eradication success with these
regimens. Recommended rescue therapies include PBMT and
levo
floxacin-containing therapy (PPI þ amoxicillin þ levo-
floxacin). Rifabutin regimens should be restricted to patients
who have failed to respond to at least 3 prior options.
CONCLUSIONS: Optimal treatment of H pylori infection re-
quires careful attention to local antibiotic resistance and
eradication patterns. The quadruple therapies PAMC or
PBMT should play a more prominent role in eradication of H
pylori infection, and all treatments should be given for 14
days.
Keywords: Helicobacter pylori; Eradication; Resistance; Proton
Pump Inhibitor; Amoxicillin; Bismuth; Clarithromycin; Metro-
nidazole; Tetracycline; Levo
floxacin; Rifabutin.
A
lthough the prevalence of H pylori is decreasing in
some parts of the world, the infection remains pre-
sent in 28% to 84% of subjects depending on the population
tested.
1
Even studies in Western nations, which tend to have
the lowest general prevalence,
1
–4
report high proportions of
infected individuals in certain communities (eg, 38%
–75% of
Alaskan or Canadian aboriginal populations).
2,3,5
–8
H pylori is implicated in the development of and its
eradication is recommended in the treatment of duodenal or
gastric ulcers, early gastric cancer, and gastric mucosa-
associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas (in
<0.01%).
4,9
–14
Treatment has been suggested for prevention of gastric
cancer in high-risk individuals,
11
–13,15
as well as in patients
with uninvestigated
16
and functional dyspepsia,
17
given
evidence
that eradication
of the
infection leads
to
sustained improvements in symptoms in a proportion of
patients.
10,16,17
The increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant strains
of H pylori has led to reduced success with traditional H
Abbreviations used in this paper: BPAL, bismuth compounds D proton
pump inhibitor
D amoxicillin D levofloxacin; CAG, Canadian Association
of Gastroenterology; CI, con
fidence interval; GRADE, Grading of Recom-
mendation Assessment, Development and Evaluation; ITT, intention-to-
treat; NNT, number needed to treat; PA, proton pump inhibitor
D amoxi-
cillin; PAC, proton pump inhibitor
D amoxicillin D clarithromycin; PAL,
proton pump inhibitor
D amoxicillin D levofloxacin; PAM, proton pump
inhibitor
D amoxicillin D metronidazole; PAMC, proton pump inhibitor D
amoxicillin
D metronidazole D clarithromycin; PAR, PPI D amoxicillin D
rifabutin; PBMT, proton pump inhibitor
D bismuth compounds D
metronidazole
D tetracycline; PICO, Population, Intervention, Compar-
ator, Outcomes; PMC, proton pump inhibitor
D metronidazole D clari-
thromycin; PPI, proton pump inhibitor; RCT, randomized controlled trial;
RD, risk difference.
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pylori treatments.
18
–24
Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) triple
therapies (a PPI plus two of the following antibiotics: clar-
ithromycin, amoxicillin, or metronidazole) for 7 to 10 days
were once standard and recommended as
first-line
therapy
11
–13,25
but have become increasingly ineffective,
with some studies reporting eradication in less than 50% of
cases.
21,22,26
–28
Suboptimal patient compliance may be
another cause of treatment failure.
4,29
–31
It has been suggested that the goal of H pylori therapy
should now be eradication in
!90% of treated patients.
32
This arbitrary threshold is not easily achieved, especially
in real-world settings. However, the most ef
ficacious ther-
apies available should be used
first to avoid the cost,
inconvenience, and risks associated with treatment failure.
Some of the more common regimens for H pylori eradi-
cation include bismuth quadruple therapy (PPI
þ bismuth
compounds
þ metronidazole þ tetracycline [PBMT]), non-
bismuth
quadruple
therapy
(concomitant
[PPI
þ
amoxicillin
þ metronidazole þ clarithromycin {PAMC}] or
sequential [PPI
þ amoxicillin {PA} followed by PPI þ
metronidazole
þ clarithromycin {PMC}]), PPI triple therapy
(PPI
þ amoxicillin þ clarithromycin [PAC], PMC, or PPI þ
amoxicillin
þ metronidazole [PAM]), and quinolone-
containing regimens (PPI
þ amoxicillin þ levofloxacin
[PAL]). De
finitions of these and other regimens discussed in
this consensus paper are shown in
Table 1
, with suggested
doses listed in
Table 2
.
The increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant strains
and evidence of more frequent failures of triple therapies
suggest the need for more effective therapies given for a
longer duration (14 days instead of 10 or 7 days) than were
recommended in prior consensus statements.
11,12
For this
reason, as well as the existence of new therapies, the
Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG) and the
Canadian Helicobacter Study Group determined that an
update was needed. The purpose of this consensus process
was to systematically review the literature relating to the
management of H pylori infection and to provide speci
fic,
updated recommendations for eradication therapy in
adults. This consensus was limited to adults, because
updated pediatric recommendations are currently in prog-
ress from the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenter-
ology, Hepatology and Nutrition and North American
Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and
Nutrition.
Methods
Scope and Purpose
The consensus development process was initiated in the
summer of 2013 with the
first meeting of the steering com-
mittee and lasted approximately 2 years, with the meeting of
the full consensus group taking place in June 2015.
Sources and Searches
The Editorial Of
fice of the Cochrane Upper Gastrointestinal
and Pancreatic Diseases Group at McMaster University
Table 1.Recommendations for Regimens Used for the Eradication of H pylori
Recommendation
Regimen
De
finition (see dose table)
First line
Recommended
option
Bismuth quadruple (PBMT)
PPI
þ bismuth þ metronidazole
a
þ tetracycline
Recommended
option
Concomitant nonbismuth quadruple (PAMC)
PPI
þ amoxicillin þ metronidazole
a
þ clarithromycin
Restricted option
b
PPI triple (PAC, PMC, or PAM)
PPI
þ amoxicillin þ clarithromycin
PPI
þ metronidazole
a
þ clarithromycin
PPI
þ amoxicillin þ metronidazole
a
Not recommended
Levo
floxacin triple (PAL)
PPI
þ amoxicillin þ levofloxacin
Not recommended
Sequential nonbismuth quadruple
(PA followed by PMC)
PPI
þ amoxicillin followed by PPI þ
metronidazole
a
þ clarithromycin
Prior treatment failure
Recommended
option
Bismuth quadruple (PBMT)
PPI
þ bismuth þ metronidazole
a
þ tetracycline
Recommended
option
Levo
floxacin-containing therapy
(usually PAL)
PPI
þ amoxicillin þ levofloxacin
c
Restricted option
d
Rifabutin-containing therapy (usually PAR)
PPI
þ amoxicillin þ rifabutin
Not recommended
Sequential nonbismuth quadruple
therapy (PA followed by PMC)
PPI
þ amoxicillin followed by PPI þ
metronidazole
a
þ clarithromycin
Undetermined
Concomitant nonbismuth
quadruple therapy (PAMC)
PPI
þ amoxicillin þ metronidazole
a
þ clarithromycin
a
Tinidazole may be substituted for metronidazole.
b
Restricted to areas with known low clarithromycin resistance (
<15%) or proven high local eradication rates (>85%) (see
statement 5).
c
There is some evidence that adding bismuth to this combination may improve outcomes.
d
Restricted to cases in which at least 3 recommended options have failed (see statement 13).
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performed a systematic literature search of the Cochrane Reg-
ister, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CENTRAL for trials published
from January 2008 to December 2013. The main focus of all
literature searches was to identify data on cure rates of H pylori
infection. We did not systematically search the literature before
2008 because we did not want older data, where higher erad-
ication success rates were likely a result of lower antibiotic
resistance, to confound newer data. Key search terms
were Helicobacter pylori, eradication, bismuth, clarithromycin,
metronidazole, amoxicillin, levo
floxacin, tetracycline, and rifa-
butin, among others, to address each of the statements. Search
strategies were limited to the English language and human
studies, and further details are provided in
Supplementary
Appendix 1
.
A formal systematic review was performed for every
statement. This included a literature search and, as described in
more detail in the following text, a review of the citations to
identify potentially relevant articles, review of selected full-text
articles to identify articles that satis
fied the predefined PICO
components (Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcomes),
a risk-of-bias assessment, and at least a qualitative synthesis of
evidence presented formally to the panel members verbally
and/or with slide presentations at the face-to-face meeting. The
panel also had access to the entire text of all the selected ar-
ticles should they choose to refer to it.
The literature search produced 2943 citations; after
removal of duplicates, 2373 citations remained. These citations
were sorted into three separate lists: (1) results enriched with
randomized controlled trials (RCTs), systematic reviews/meta-
analyses, and practice guidelines (1509 citations); (2) results
enriched with Canadian studies (an additional 13 citations);
and (3) the remaining 851 citations. Additional focused,
updated searches up to June 2015 were conducted for pre-
sentation at the consensus meeting. In the absence of updated
systematic reviews or meta-analyses on a speci
fic treatment, a
meta-analysis was performed for this consensus when suf
fi-
cient data were available. When a recent well-done meta-
analysis was found, a literature review was also performed to
see if more current data altered the results and conclusions.
Review and Assessment of Evidence
Two nonvoting methodologists (GIL and PM) assessed the
quality (certainty) of evidence using the Grading of Recom-
mendation Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE)
method.
33
The methodologists assessed the risk of bias (of in-
dividual studies and overall across studies), indirectness,
inconsistency, imprecision, and other considerations (including
publication bias) to determine the overall quality of evidence
for each statement. GRADE assessments were then reviewed
and agreed on by voting members of the consensus group at the
meeting.
The quality of evidence for each statement was graded as
high, moderate, low, or very low, as described in GRADE
33,34
and prior CAG consensus documents.
35,36
Approved product labeling from government regulatory
agencies varies from country to country; although not ignored,
recommendations are based on evidence from the literature
and consensus discussion and may not fully re
flect the product
labeling for a given country.
Consensus Process
The consensus group was composed of 8 voting members
(5 participants and 3 steering committee members), including
gastroenterologists, clinical epidemiologists (one of whom was
not a gastroenterologist), and microbiologists from Canada, the
United States, and Europe with expertise in managing H pylori
infection. There was representation from a pediatric and com-
munity, nonacademic gastroenterologist (not an H pylori
expert), and there was a nonvoting moderator for the meeting
(Dr John K. Marshall). Although there was no primary care
representative, the impact of the recommendations on primary
care physicians, as well as community resources and local
availability, was discussed before voting for each statement.
Before the 2-day consensus meeting was held in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, in June 2015, CAG facilitated the majority of the
consensus process through the use of a web-based consensus
Table 2.Recommendations for Dose of Agents Used in H
pylori Eradication Therapies
Doses for agents in bismuth quadruple therapy
Bismuth
X mg
a
QID
b
Metronidazole
500 mg
TID to QID
c
PPI
Y mg
d
BID
Tetracycline
500 mg
QID
Doses for agents in all regimens other than bismuth quadruple
therapy (includes PPI triple, concomitant and sequential
nonbismuth quadruple, levo
floxacin, and rifabutin therapies)
Amoxicillin
1000 mg
BID
Clarithromycin
500 mg
BID
Levo
floxacin
500 mg
QD
e
Metronidazole
500 mg
BID
PPI
Y mg
d
BID
Rifabutin
150 mg
BID
NOTE. These are the doses in North America; they may vary
in different parts of the world (eg, 400 mg of metronidazole or
200 mg of clarithromycin may be the preferred doses in parts
of Europe and Asia, respectively).
QID, 4 times a day; TID, 3 times daily; BID, twice daily; QD,
once daily.
a
The dose depends on the formulation used. In clinical trials,
the most common doses were as follows: bismuth subsa-
licylate (262 mg), 2 tablets QID; colloidal bismuth subcitrate
(120 mg), 2 tablets BID or 1 tablet QID; bismuth biskalcitrate
(140 mg), 3 tablets QID; Pylera (Aptalis Pharma US, Inc) (the
combination pill; bismuth subcitrate potassium; 140 mg), 3
tablets QID.
b
Studies (from China) have suggested that giving double the
dose of bismuth twice daily is also effective.
62
c
Good evidence for QID dosing of metronidazole is lacking;
however, some members of the consensus group suggested
that a QID regimen may help simplify dosing for patients (400
mg QID dosing for metronidazole would also be acceptable in
countries where a 400-mg dose is available).
d
The dose depends on the PPI used. Standard doses are
esomeprazole 20 mg, lansoprazole 30 mg, omeprazole 20
mg, pantoprazole 40 mg, and rabeprazole 20 mg (see
statement 8 for discussion of high-dose PPI use). In fact, in
many countries, double doses (eg, esomeprazole 40 mg BID)
are more commonly used (vs standard doses). Although ev-
idence is lacking, the presumed dose for dexlansoprazole is
either 30 mg or 60 mg.
e
In clinical trials, eradication appears to be similar in studies
that use levo
floxacin 250 mg BID or 500 mg QD dosing.
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platform (ECD Solutions, Atlanta, GA). The steering committee
(CAF, NC, SVvZ) developed the initial statements using PICO
components of the underlying research question for each state-
ment (eg, for statement 3, the PICO components were as follows:
population, patients with H pylori infection who have not un-
dergone previous eradication attempts; intervention, traditional
bismuth quadruple therapy for 14 days; comparator, any other
individual eradication therapy [standard triple, sequential,
concomitant, levo
floxacin-based triple, and so on] or compared
with a standard threshold for ef
ficacy [eg, >80% intention-to-
treat {ITT} eradication rate] and safety; outcomes, ITT eradica-
tion rate and safety). They then reviewed the literature search
results for every statement (each article reviewed by at least 2
people) through the web-based platform and
“tagged” (selected
and linked) all relevant references to a speci
fic statement. Only
one member was required to tag a reference for it to remain
linked to the statement. Subsequently, the tagged references were
again assessed by the steering committee; when a meta-analysis
(of suf
ficient quality) was tagged to a statement, any tagged study
that was already included in the meta-analysis was removed from
that particular statement. Any studies performed after the meta-
analysis remained tagged and were used to determine if the more
current data altered the results or conclusions of the meta-
analysis. At the end of this process, 116 papers were selected
and uploaded onto the online platform. All members of the
consensus group had access to complete copies of the
“tagged”
references. The entire consensus group then voted anonymously
on their level of agreement with the speci
fic statements using a
modi
fied Delphi process.
37,38
Two subsequent iterations of the
statements that incorporated suggested changes from the group
followed, after which the statements were
finalized at the live
meeting.
At the 2-day face-to-face meeting, the methodologists, epi-
demiologists, and other members of the panel who had con-
ducted systematic reviews or meta-analyses for the conference
presented, for each statement, a summary of data from existing
meta-analyses from the literature as well as the systematic
reviews or meta-analyses conducted for that statement. The
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