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    Aoyama, Toru; Maezawa, Yukio; Cho, Haruhiko; Saigusa, Yusuke; Tamura, Jun; Tsuchida, Kazuhito; Komori, Keisuke; Kano, Kazuki; Segami, Kenki; Hara, Kentaro; Senuki, Kotaro; Suzuki, Yoshihiro; Yamakawa, Michiyo; Tamagawa, Hiroshi; Oshima, Takashi; Yukawa, Norio; Rino, Yasushi

    Anticancer research, 08/2022, Letnik: 42, Številka: 8
    Journal Article

    Background/Aim: This prospective multi-central randomized phase II trial evaluated the efficacy and safety of oral Vitamin B12 500 μg/day replacement compared with oral Vitamin B12 1,500 μg/day in patients with Vitamin B12 deficiency after total gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Patients and Methods: Patients were randomly assigned to receive oral Vitamin B12 500 μg/day or Vitamin B12 1,500 μg/day in a 1:1 ratio with a minimization method. The primary endpoint was the incidence of a normal serum Vitamin B12 level at three months after treatment. Results: From January 2018 to December 2021, 3 institutions collaborated with the present study, and 74 patients were registered from these 3 institutions. The study was prematurely closed due to poor accrual after reaching almost 50% of its goal. Among the 74 recruited patients, 36 were allocated to the Vitamin B12 500 μg/day arm and 38 to Vitamin B12 1,500 μg/day arm. The incidences of patients with a normal Vitamin B12 level at 3 months (serum Vitamin B12 level >200 pg/ml) were 91.7% (33/36) in the Vitamin B12 500 μg/day arm and 100% (38/38) in the Vitamin B12 1,500 μg/day arm (p=0.3587). The types of clinical symptoms with Vitamin B12 deficiency that improved with Vitamin B12 treatment and the degree of improvement were also similar. Conclusion: Although the primary endpoint of the present study was not met, it was found that oral Vitamin B12 500 μg/day replacement is as effective and safe as oral Vitamin B12 1,500 μg/day replacement for Vitamin B12 deficiency.