Liver Transplantation Versus Alternative Therapies for Patients With Pugh B Alcoholic Cirrhosis

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

120

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 31, 1994

Primary Completion Date

November 30, 2006

Study Completion Date

November 30, 2006

Conditions
Cirrhosis
Interventions
PROCEDURE

liver transplantation

liver transplantation

OTHER

standard care for liver disease

"standard care for liver disease included therapy for ascitis (spironolactone, furosemide), portal hypertension (oesophageal varices ; propranolol), encephalopathy (lactulose), and bacterial infections whatever their localization (prophylaxis of spontaneous peritonitis with norfloxacin). All medical or instrumental procedures were allowed. Patients undergoing iterative paracentesis, variceal band ligation or sclerotherapy, peritoneojugular shunt (LeVeen), transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) or surgical portocaval anastomosis were considered as receiving standard medical therapy."

Trial Locations (13)

14033

CHRU CAEN - Service d'hépato-gastroentérologie, Caen

21034

Hépato-gastroenterologie CHU Bocage, Dijon

21079

Centre d'épidémiologie de population EPI 106, Dijon

25000

service d'hépatologie CHU jean Minjoz, Besançon

31059

Hôpital Purpan - Hépato-gastroentérologie, Toulouse

34295

Hôpital Saint-Eloi - Hépato-gastroentérologie, Montpellier

35000

Clinique des maladies du foie Hôpital Pontchailloux, Rennes

51092

CHU Reims - hépato-gestroentérologie, Reims

57000

Hôpital Bon secours - Hépato-gastroentérologie, Metz

75013

Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière - Hépato-gastroentérologie, Paris

86021

Hepato-gastroenterologie, Poitiers

92110

Hôpital Beaujon - Hépato-gastroentérologie, Clichy

94010

CHU Henri Mondor - Hépato-gastroentérologie, Créteil

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon

OTHER