Status:
COMPLETED
Comparison Between Two Endoscopic Treatments of Bleeding Internal Hemorrhoids:Band Ligation and Electrocoagulation Probe
Lead Sponsor:
University of California, Los Angeles
Collaborating Sponsors:
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Conditions:
Hemorrhoids
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine which treatment, band ligation (placing rubber bands around the hemorrhoids) or BICAP electrocoagulation (using electricity to cauterize) is safer and more ef...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Grade II or III internal hemorrhoids with chronic rectal bleeding, which failed at least 8 weeks of intensive medical therapy.
- Age over 18 years
- A life expectancy of at least 24 months
- A signed written informed consent
Exclusion
- The patient was uncooperative or could not return for routine outpatient follow-up
- Severe or end-stage co-morbid illness
- Prior endoscopic or surgical treatment of hemorrhoids within the past 6 months
- Ongoing need for anticoagulation therapy or high doses of aspirin or non-steroidal antiinflammatory agents
- Presence of severe rectal pain
- Recently thrombosed internal or external hemorrhoids
- Anal stricture,fissure, fistula,or abscess
- Rectal carcinoma or bleeding distal colonic polyp
- Rectal varices
- Acute or chronic colitis
- Rectal prolapse
- Radiation telangiectasia of the rectum
- Prothrombin time \>3 seconds over control
- Platelet count \<75,000
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 1997
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2001
Estimated Enrollment :
45 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00630669
Start Date
December 1 1997
End Date
May 1 2001
Last Update
March 7 2008
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Rome Jutabha,MD
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095