88
Participants
Start Date
July 31, 2014
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2016
Study Completion Date
June 30, 2016
Lactulose
30 ml by mouth three times daily until melena resolved, then adjusted to dose-response to obtain two to three soft stools. Duration of therapy: 7 days
L-ornithine L-aspartate
10 grams by intravenous way for 24 hours. Duration of therapy: 7 days
Rifaximin
2 tablets (400mg) three times daily. Duration of therapy: 7 days
Placebo
"Placebo (for lactulose) 30ml of dextrose solution by mouth three times daily, for 7 days.~Placebo (for L-ornithine L-aspartate) saline solution 500ml by intravenous way for 24 hours, for 7 days.~Placebo (for rifaximin) 2 dextrose tablets three times daily for 7 days."
Hospital General de Mexico, Mexico City
Hospital General de Mexico
OTHER_GOV