TIPS Versus Portacaval Shunt for Acute Bleeding Varices in Cirrhosis

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Conditions studied: Bleeding

In brief

In unselected cirrhotic patients with acute portal hypertension-related bleeding to compare the effectiveness in control of bleeding, mortality rate, duration of life, quality of life, and economic costs of two widely used treatment measures: (1) emergency transjugular intrahepatic portal-systemic shunt (TIPS), and (2) emergency portacaval shunt.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00734227

Run by

University of California, San Diego

People needed

153

Starts

1996-07-01

Expected to finish

2006-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-08-14

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients with UGI bleeding who are shown to have the findings of cirrhosis and esophagogastric varices or portal hypertensive gastropathy and require 2 or more units of blood transfusion will be included.

You may not qualify if…

• None

Where it is running

• UCSD Medical Center — San Diego, California, United States

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