A Trial of EVL\GVS Alone vs. EVL\GVS Combined Propranolol

NCT01298284 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2011-06-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

New strategy to improve the outcomes in patients with HCC and acute variceal bleeding. NSBB added to endoscopic ligation may further reduce rebleeding in cirrhotic patients.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

propranolol

Starting from 20 mg daily, titrated weekly to decrease heart rate more than 25 % of baseline, administrated during the whole study period

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Ming-Chih Hou, MD · Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-10-31
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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