Efficacy And Safety Of PF-00885706 For The Relief Of Symptoms In Subjects With Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)

Capsule, 100ug, every 12 hours (twice a day)

Patients entering the run-in phase lasting 6 weeks (42 days) will be switched from their current proton pump inhibitor (PPI) treatment and maintained on a standard background PPI - open label esomeprazole 20 mg to be taken once daily 1 hour before breakfast. Subjects meeting randomization criteria at Visit 4 are randomly assigned to one of the active arms of PF-00885706 or matching placebo, in addition to esomeprazole.

Capsule, 300ug, every 12 hours (twice a day)

Patients entering the run-in phase lasting 6 weeks (42 days) will be switched from their current proton pump inhibitor (PPI) treatment and maintained on a standard background PPI - open label esomeprazole 20 mg to be taken once daily 1 hour before breakfast. Subjects meeting randomization criteria at Visit 4 are randomly assigned to one of the active arms of PF-00885706 or matching placebo, in addition to esomeprazole.

Capsule, 1mg, every 12 hours (twice a day)

Patients entering the run-in phase lasting 6 weeks (42 days) will be switched from their current proton pump inhibitor (PPI) treatment and maintained on a standard background PPI - open label esomeprazole 20 mg to be taken once daily 1 hour before breakfast. Subjects meeting randomization criteria at Visit 4 are randomly assigned to one of the active arms of PF-00885706 or matching placebo, in addition to esomeprazole.

Capsule, 3mg, every 12 hours (twice a day)

Patients entering the run-in phase lasting 6 weeks (42 days) will be switched from their current proton pump inhibitor (PPI) treatment and maintained on a standard background PPI - open label esomeprazole 20 mg to be taken once daily 1 hour before breakfast. Subjects meeting randomization criteria at Visit 4 are randomly assigned to one of the active arms of PF-00885706 or matching placebo, in addition to esomeprazole.

Capsule, Placebo, every 12 hours (twice a day)

Patients entering the run-in phase lasting 6 weeks (42 days) will be switched from their current proton pump inhibitor (PPI) treatment and maintained on a standard background PPI - open label esomeprazole 20 mg to be taken once daily 1 hour before breakfast. Subjects meeting randomization criteria at Visit 4 are randomly assigned to one of the active arms of PF-00885706 or matching placebo, in addition to esomeprazole.