Prospective Assessment of the Rockall Risk ScoringSystem in Patients With Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

Completed

• Conditions: Gastrointestinal Bleeding
• Interventions: Other: Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

• Registration Number: NCT02405286
• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams University

Brief Summary

This study aimed to Assess the validity of the Rockall score for the prediction of rebleeding and death in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Detailed Description

This present study aimed to evaluate:

Assess the validity of the Rockall score for the prediction of rebleeding and death in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

1- Technical Design: The technical design included research design, setting, subject and tools for data collection.

Research design:

A descriptive exploratory design was followed to achieve the aim of the study. Study setting: This study was conducted between Tropical department in AinShams university and Gastroenterology and Hepatology department in TheodorBilharz Research Institute.

Sample size: EPI - INFO program version 6 was used for sample size calculation guided by power of the test = 80% - confidence level =95% and accepted margin of error = 5% and risk ratio = 5.5 - total sample minimum accepted = 50 This study included 50 recipients and done Tropical department in Ain Shams university and Gastroenterology and Hepatology department in .

Theodore Bilharz Research Institute

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-05
• Primary Completion: 2014-12
• Study Completion: 2014-12
• Status Verified: 2015-03
• Study First Submitted: 2015-03-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-03-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-03-31
• Study First Posted: 2015-04-01
• Last Update Posted: 2015-04-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Adult Egyptian patients.
• Patients with acute upper G.I hemorrhage.
• Informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• Refuse to participate in this study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Upeer gastrointestinal bleeding	Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy	* Adult Egyptian patients. * Patients with acute upper G.I hemorrhage. * Informed consent.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Clinical condition of the patients with accute upper gastrointstinal bleeding after 48 hours from endoscopy	48 hours

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
number of participants with variceal bleeding and other causes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding regarding the clinical condition after 48 hours	48 hours

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Egypt Ain Shams center University Hospitals; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt