Clinical trials: Bleeding Gastric Varices
Esophageal Varices, Liver Cirrhoses
Comparison of 24-hours Versus 72-hours of Octreotide Infusion in Preventing Early Rebleed From Esophageal Varices
This study evaluates the safety and efficacy of 24-hour vs 72-hour octreotide infusion after variceal banding in cirrhotic patients with bleeding esophageal varices.
- Conditions
- Esophageal Varices, Liver Cirrhoses, Bleeding Esophageal Varices, Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Trial name
- LOVARB (NCT03624517)
- Testing
- Octreotide
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Variceal Bleeding
Time Interval for Endoscopic Variceal Ligation
Patients with liver disease frequently present to the hospital with bleeding from dilated veins in their foodpipe (called esophageal varices).
- Trial name
- NCT01291277
- Testing
- Endoscopic Variceal Ligation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California