A Trial of Somatostatin With Endoscopic Variceal Ligation (EVL) in Control of Acute Variceal Bleeding

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

November 30, 2005

Primary Completion Date

November 30, 2009

Study Completion Date

November 30, 2009

Conditions

Acute Bleeding Esophageal VaricesPortal HypertensionCirrhosis

Interventions

DRUG

Somatostatin

Emergency EVL plus Somatostatin (250 mcg/hr) infusion for 5 days

DRUG

Placebo

Emergency EVL plus placebo infusion for 5 days

Trial Locations (1)

Department of Gastroenterology, G B Pant Hospital, New Delhi

All Listed Sponsors

lead

Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital

OTHER_GOV

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