Status:

UNKNOWN

Effects of Terlipressin When Usual Somatostatin or Octreotide Dose Fails

Lead Sponsor:

Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital

Conditions:

Liver Cirrhosis

Esophageal and Gastric Varices

Eligibility:

All Genders

Brief Summary

To observe and access the Effects and safety of terlipressin or high dose somatostatin/octreotide when usual dose somatostatin/octreotide fail to achieve hemostasis in patients with acute variceal ble...

Detailed Description

The prognosis information of the patients with acute variceal bleeding will be collected, including hemostasis rate, early rebleeding rate, mortality, complications, severity adverse events, economic ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Cirrhosis patients admitted to Emergency Department because of acute variceal bleeding

Exclusion

  • No signs of variceal bleeding are found by endoscopy or portal hypertensive gastropathy is responsible for the bleeding
  • Patients undergo endoscopy after 72h from the beginning of acute variceal bleeding
  • Patients with hepatorenal syndrome
  • Patients with ischemia organic cardiopathy (including myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris) or myocardial ischemia indicated by ECG in the past 6 months
  • Patients allergic to/with contraindications of vasoactive drugs

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2014

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

1320 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02311608

Start Date

February 1 2014

End Date

June 1 2016

Last Update

December 8 2014

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Zhongshan Hospital

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China, 200032