Status:

TERMINATED

Transient Elastography and Variceal Bleeding

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Rouen

Conditions:

Bleeding

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Transient elastography is a new non-invasive rapid and reproducible method, allowing evaluating liver fibrosis by measurement of liver stiffness. The aim of our study is to evaluate if the liver stif...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Informed consent form signed
  • Social security affiliation
  • Variceal bleeding with hematemesis or melena within 24 hours of inclusion
  • Age \> 18 years
  • Scheduled to undergo endoscopy within 24 hours of hospital admission

Exclusion

  • Hepatocarcinoma
  • Upper Gastro Intestinal bleeding for other causes than variceal bleeding
  • Concomitant disease with a life expectancy of less than 45 days
  • Rebleeding within 24 hours after first endoscopy
  • Technical failure of transient elastography

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

29 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00635687

Start Date

March 1 2008

End Date

May 1 2012

Last Update

March 5 2013

Active Locations (4)

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1

UH Amiens

Amiens, France, 80054

2

UH Caen

Caen, France, 14033

3

UH Lille

Lille, France, 59000

4

Rouen University Hospital

Rouen, France, 76031