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Clinical Trials/NCT03069339
NCT03069339
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Carvedilol, Endoscopic Variceal Ligation or Combination of Both for Prevention of First Variceal Bleed in Child's B & C Cirrhosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India1 site in 1 country330 target enrollmentMarch 15, 2017

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Carvedilol
Conditions
Cirrhosis
Sponsor
Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India
Enrollment
330
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Reduction in the incidence of first variceal bleed at 1 year.
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

Study Design: Open labeled randomized controlled trial. The study will be conducted on patients attending outpatient or admitted to admitted to Department of Hepatology from January 2017 to December 2018 at ILBS, New Delhi

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
March 15, 2017
End Date
November 30, 2020
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Liver Cirrhotics between 18-70 yrs of age (cirrhosis diagnosed on the basis of clinical, biochemical, fibroscan \& imaging.)
  • CTP ≥ 7-15 (Child's B/C)
  • Small esophageal varices with RCS and large esophageal varices (\>5 mm)
  • No history of previous bleed

Exclusion Criteria

  • Malignancy-HCC, PVT
  • MELD \>35
  • Contraindications to β blockers.
  • Platelet count \< 30,000/mm3
  • Previous endoscopic variceal treatment. (Beyond 21 days)
  • Patients having an indication for TIPS or requiring more than 1 therapeutic ascitic tapping/month
  • Post TIPS, Shunt surgery
  • Acute kidney injury (Sr.Cr\>1.5mg/dl)
  • Non cirrhotic portal hypertension
  • Acute on chronic liver failure

Arms & Interventions

Carvedilol+EVL

Intervention: Carvedilol

Carvedilol+EVL

Intervention: Endoscopic Variceal Ligation

Carvedilol

Intervention: Carvedilol

EVL

Intervention: Endoscopic Variceal Ligation

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Reduction in the incidence of first variceal bleed at 1 year.

Time Frame: 1 year

Secondary Outcomes

  • Improvement in Model for End Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score in all the 3 groups(1 year)
  • Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in all the 3 groups(1 year)
  • Improvement in Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) score in all the 3 groups(1 year)
  • Bleed related Survival in all the 3 groups(1 year)
  • HVPG response at 1year in all the 3 groups(1 year)
  • Incidence of Shock in all the 3 groups(1 year)
  • Treatment related side effects in all the 3 groups(1 year)
  • Overall and bleed related Survival in all the 3 groups(1 year)
  • Incidence of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) in all the 3 groups(1 year)
  • Incidence of new ascites in all the 3 groups(1 year)

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