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