San Diego Bleeding Esophageal Varices Study

Survival and Control of Bleeding Clinical Trial

Official title: San Diego Bleeding Esophageal Varices Study

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

In unselected cirrhotic patients with bleeding esophageal varices to compare the influence on mortality rate, duration of life, quality of life, and economic costs of treatment of:

• Emergency portacaval shunt, and

• Emergency and long-term endoscopic sclerotherapy.

Clinical Trial Description

See attached Synopsis - APPENDIX 1 ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Esophageal and Gastric Varices
• Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
• Hemorrhage
• Survival and Control of Bleeding

• NCT number: NCT00690027
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of California, San Diego
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 1988
• Completion date: December 2005