NCT00570973View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Band Ligation Versus Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Stent Shunt (TIPS) in Cirrhotics With Recurrent Variceal Bleeding Non Responding to Medical Therapy

PHASE4CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

40

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

November 30, 2004

Primary Completion Date

May 31, 2011

Study Completion Date

May 31, 2011

Conditions
Gastrointestinal HemorrhageVariceal BleedingCirrhosisEncephalopathy
Interventions
PROCEDURE

endoscopic band ligation

Endoscopic Band ligation of esophageal varices, performed every 2-4 weeks until resolution of varices

PROCEDURE

TIPS-Implantation

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunt with PTFE-covered stent, placed once, under fluoroscopic control,

Trial Locations (4)

1090

Dept. of Internal Medicine III, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna

1160

Wilhelminenspital der Stadt Wien, Vienna

4020

Internal Medicine IV, Krankenhaus der Elisabethinen Linz, Linz

8036

Medical University of Graz, Graz

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Medical University of Vienna

OTHER

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