Background and AimsAcidâsuppressive drugs (ASDs) are widely used in many gastric acidâassociated diseases. Nocturnal acid breakthrough has been a common problem of many ASDs, such as protonâpump inhibitors (PPIs) and H2âreceptor antagonists (H2RAs). Potassiumâcompetitive acid blockers (PâCABs) are expected to solve this continuing conundrum. This article examined major ASDs and compared them with placebo in terms of nocturnal acidâinhibitory effects, using a network metaâanalysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).MethodsTo compare the effectiveness of major ASDs, a Bayesian network metaâanalysis (NMA) was applied to process data extracted from RCTs. The plausible ranking for each regimen and some subgroups were assessed by surface under the cumulative ranking curves (SUCRA).ResultsFiftyâfive RCTs were conducted with 2015 participants. In terms of nocturnal acidâinhibitory effects, the overall results showed that tegoprazan (SUCRA 91.8%) and vonoprazan (SUCRA 91.0%) had the best performance, followed by new PPIs (including tenatoprazole and ilaprazole) (SUCRA 76.6%), additional H2RAs once at bedtime (AHB) (SUCRA 61.3%), isomer PPIs (including esomeprazole and dexlansoprazole) (SUCRA 38.6%), revaprazan (SUCRA 34.7%), traditional PPIs (including omeprazole, rabeprazole, pantoprazole, lansoprazole) (SUCRA 32.6%), H2RAs (SUCRA 23.1%), and placebo (SUCRA 0.3%). In some subgroups, the nocturnal acidâinhibitory effect of vonoprazan or tegoprazan was better than most of the other regimens, even new PPIs and AHB.ConclusionsThis is the first study to compare the effect of ASDs on inhibiting nocturnal acid breakthrough. Overall, in terms of nocturnal acidâinhibitory effect, vonoprazan and tegoprazan had an advantage against other regimens including H2RAs, isomer PPIs, traditional PPIs, AHB, and new PPIs. Even in some subgroups, such as language classification (English), types of study design (crossoverâRCT), age (â€40âyears), BMI (18.5â24.9âkg/m2), continent (Asia and North America), disease status (health), the duration of therapy (2âweeks), and time of administration (at daytime or at nightâtime), the nocturnal acidâinhibitory effect of vonoprazan or tegoprazan were better than most regimens, even AHB and new PPIs.