In Greece, while the efficacy of the 10-day concomitant PAMC scheme has been recently established,to our knowledge no head-to-head comparison evaluating treatment time (10 versus 14 days) of the same therapeutic regimen has been tried out. We decided to conduct a randomized double blind controlled clinical study comparing the 10-day versus the 14-day concomitant PAMC therapeutic scheme as first-line treatment strategy for the eradication of H. pylori infection, in a country of increased dual resistance to clarithromycin and metronidazole (where bismuth is unavailable). The primary end point of our study will be treatment efficacy (primary and secondary antibiotic resistance), while secondary end points will be patient compliance and safety.