Status:
COMPLETED
Endoscopic Sclerotherapy and/or Ligation Versus Portacaval Shunt for Bleeding Gastric Varices
Lead Sponsor:
University of California, San Diego
Conditions:
Gastric Bleeding
Cirrhosis
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
In unselected cirrhotic patients with bleeding gastric varices to compare the influence on mortality rate, duration of life, control of bleeding, quality of life, and economic costs of treatment of: p...
Detailed Description
BACKGROUND: In patients with cirrhosis, bleeding gastric varices (BGV) are associated with a high mortality rate, but have received much less investigation than bleeding esophageal varices. Various th...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding (blood in the upper gastrointestinal tract) of a magnitude that required 2 or more units of blood transfusion and entered the emergency room directly, or were referred from an area hospital, or developed bleeding while in the hospital, and were shown to have cirrhosis of the liver, and were shown by endoscopy to have bleeding gastric varices, absence of bleeding from esophageal varices, and absence of any other lesion that could reasonably account for the bleeding were included ("all comers").
Exclusion
- None
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 1977
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2003
Estimated Enrollment :
518 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00820781
Start Date
August 1 1977
End Date
April 1 2003
Last Update
January 12 2009
Active Locations (1)
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UCSD Medical Center
San Diego, California, United States, 92103-8999