Status:
COMPLETED
TIPS With 8- OR 10-mm Covered Stent for Preventing Variceal Rebleeding
Lead Sponsor:
Air Force Military Medical University, China
Conditions:
Decompensated Cirrhosis
Portal Hypertension
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) with 10-mm covered stent is associated with lower shunt dysfunction in comparing TIPS with 8-mm c...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Cirrhotic patients with at least one episode of variceal bleeding
- No active bleeding within 5 days before TIPS
- Child-Pugh score ≤13
- Signed written informed consent
Exclusion
- An age \<18 years or \>75 years
- With TIPS contraindications
- Past or present history of hepatic encephalopathy
- Pregnancy or breast-feeding
- Hepatic carcinoma and/or other malignancy diseases
- Sepsis
- Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
- Uncontrollable hypertension
- Serious cardiac or pulmonary dysfunction
- Renal failure
- Portal vein thrombosis
- History of organ transplantation
- History of HIV (human immunodeficiency viruses) infection
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
127 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01410591
Start Date
July 1 2012
End Date
January 1 2016
Last Update
January 26 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University
Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, 710032