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TIPS With 8- OR 10-mm Covered Stent for Preventing Variceal Rebleeding

NCT01410591 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 127

Last updated 2016-01-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) with 10-mm covered stent is associated with lower shunt dysfunction in comparing TIPS with 8-mm covered stent in cirrhotic patients with at least one episode of variceal bleeding.

Conditions

  • Decompensated Cirrhosis
  • Portal Hypertension
  • Bleeding Varices

Interventions

DEVICE

8-mm covered stent group

Creating a shunt between hepatic vein and portal vein with a 8-mm covered stent by TIPS procedure.

DEVICE

10-mm covered stent group

Creating a shunt between hepatic vein and portal vein with a 10-mm covered stent by TIPS procedure.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Air Force Military Medical University, China

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Guohong Han, PhD & MD · Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-07-31
Primary Completion
2016-01-31
Completion
2016-01-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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