Behind the Guidelines: H. pylori Management in 2025 

Effectively Treating H. pylori

H. pylori infection poses significant challenges in clinical practice, with many patients remaining undiagnosed or receiving outdated treatments. The 2024 American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) guidelines offer updated recommendations for diagnosing and treating H. pylori infection. However, many healthcare providers still use older methods and ineffective treatments, leading to poor outcomes such as persistent infection, increased antimicrobial resistance, and higher healthcare costs.

For gastroentrologists and primary care physicians, these gaps result in missed diagnoses and erroneous treatments, causing long-term issues like peptic ulcers and gastric cancer and promote antibiotic resistance.

This webinar, led by Dr. Steven F. Moss and Dr. Colin W. Howden, will provide the latest updates from the ACG guidelines on H. pylori infection. The session will offer expert advice on who, when, and how to test for H. pylori, helping healthcare providers adopt effective diagnostic and treatment strategies.

Learning Objectives

This webinar will help you:

• Understand the epidemiology of H. pylori infection, including prevalence and risk factors
• Recognize the disease associations of H. pylori infection and its recognized long-term consequences if left untreated
• Learn from the ACG 2024 clinical guidelines on who should be tested for H. pylori, with a focus on specific populations at risk of gastric cancer
• Review non-invasive testing methods and updated treatment protocols, including the importance of universal re-testing after treatment
• Explore strategies for managing patients in whom initial treatment has failed with a consideration of the role of antibiotic resistance by H. pylori

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Fisher Healthcare is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.™ Program. One P.A.C.E.™ credit-hour will be provided for this complimentary basic level program.

Colin W. Howden, MD, University of Tennessee

Dr. Colin Howden, a graduate of the University of Glasgow, is a renowned gastroenterologist with extensive training and over 260 peer-reviewed publications. He has held academic positions at the University of South Carolina, Rush University, Northwestern University, and served as the Hyman Professor of Medicine and Chief of Gastroenterology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Currently, he is Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. Dr. Howden has also held significant editorial roles and chaired the Scientific Advisory Board for the American Gastroenterological Association.

Steven F. Moss, MD, Brown University

Dr. Steven Moss, a graduate of University College London Medical School, completed gastroenterology fellowships at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School in London and St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York. He is currently a Professor of Medicine and the Program Director of the Gastroenterology Fellowship Training Program at Brown University, and the Director of Endoscopy at Providence VA Medical Center. Dr. Moss's research focuses on H. pylori infection, and he has co-authored U.S. guidelines on its management while receiving numerous awards and NIH grants. With over 200 peer-reviewed publications, he has served as a consultant to the WHO and held significant roles in the American Gastroenterological Association.