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Withdrawn Phase 3 Interventional

Carvedilol vs Band Ligation vs Combination Therapy for Primary Prophylaxis of Variceal Bleeding

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02066649

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Official title

A Phase 3 Study of Carvedilol vs Variceal Band Ligation vs Combination Therapy for Primary Prophylaxis of Variceal Bleeding

Brief summary

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Subjects will be those individuals greater than 18 years of age with a diagnosis of cirrhosis undergoing screening for esophageal varices. Eligible subjects will have a diagnosis of cirrhosis and esophageal varices (graded as medium or large) with no prior history of variceal bleeding. The diagnosis of cirrhosis will be based on clinical, radiologic, and/or laboratory data. Patients will be randomly assigned using electronic medical records to one of three treatment arms after screening esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) has been performed and large varices are identified. Primary outcome of the study will be the incidence of variceal bleeding in patients receiving one of the following therapies for primary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding: carvedilol, variceal band ligation (VBL), or both carvedilol and VBL.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02066649
Recruitment status
Withdrawn
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Enrollment
Not listed

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Drug · Procedure

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Jun 30, 2018
Primary completion
Feb 28, 2019
Completion
Aug 31, 2021
Last update posted
Jul 23, 2018

2018 – 2021

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Rutgers NJ Medical School Newark New Jersey 07103

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