Study of Ischemic Colitis Compared to Other Diagnoses in Patients With Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Completed

Conditions studied: Colitis, Ischemic

In brief

The purpose of this study is to study the demographic,laboratory,endoscopic, and outcomes of ischemic colitis patient presented with severe lower gastrointestinal bleeding compared to other diagnoses.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01078324

Run by

University of California, Los Angeles

People needed

550

Starts

1997-12-01

Expected to finish

2009-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-08-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• bright red blood clots or burgundy colored stool documented by a health care worker
• clinical or laboratory evidence of significant blood loss, manifested by any one of the following: (a) more than three bloody bowel movements in eight hours (b) a decrease of two grams of hemoglobin (Hgb) from baseline, or (c) transfusion of more than three units of red blood cell (URBC).

You may not qualify if…

• age less than 18 year
• history of inflammatory bowel disease
• hypotension or shock refractory to resuscitation
• severe coagulopathy refractory to resuscitation (platelet count < 30,000; prothrombin time [PT]- more than 2 times normal; partial thromboplastin time [PTT]- more than 2 times normal)
• acquired immune deficiency syndrome or neutropenia
• the inability to provide informed consent
• documentation of anal disorders as a cause of bleeding such as internal hemorrhoids, anal fissures, polyps or cancer of the anal canal, and fistulae

Where it is running

• The Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Medical Center — Los Angeles, California, United States

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