North American Study for the Treatment of Refractory Ascites (NASTRA)
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00006166. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Official title
The North American Study for the Treatment of Refractory Ascites (NASTRA) Clinical Trial
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00006166
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Lead sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- NIH
- Enrollment
- Not listed
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Transjugular intrahepatic portasystemic shunts (TIPS) Procedure
- Total paracentecis (TP) Procedure
Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 70 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 28, 1997
- Primary completion
- Not listed
- Completion
- Sep 30, 2001
- Last update posted
- Jan 12, 2010
1997 – 2001
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 5
- U.S. states
- 5
- U.S. cities
- 5
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Miami Hospital | Miami | Florida | 33136-1038 | — |
| University of Nebraska Medical Center | Omaha | Nebraska | 68198-2000 | — |
| Oregon Health Sciences University | Portland | Oregon | 97201 | — |
| Medical College of Virginia Hospitals | Richmond | Virginia | 23298-0711 | — |
| University of Washington Medical Center | Seattle | Washington | 98105 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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About this trial record page
- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00006166, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
- Where the data comes from
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Jan 12, 2010 · Synced Jun 26, 2026
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