NCT01196481

Carvedilol + VSL#3 Versus Endoscopic Variceal Ligation for Primary Prophylaxis of Esophageal Variceal Bleeding in Cirrhotic Patients Non Responder to Carvedilol.

A Prospective,Open Labeled, Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Carvedilol + VSL# 3 Versus Endoscopic Variceal Ligation for Primary Prophylaxis of Esophageal Variceal Bleeding in Cirrhotic Patients Non Responder to Carvedilol.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patients of cirrhosis will be enrolled who have large esophageal varices, which have never bled. After successful screening baseline hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) will be measured. Tablet carvedilol 3.125 mg BD for 1 week will be started. It will be increased to 6.25 mg BD and continued for next 7 weeks. After completion of 8 weeks the hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) will again be measured to find out responders (hepatic venous pressure gradient ≥20% reduction from baseline or absolute value of hepatic venous pressure gradient \<12 mm Hg) and non responders (hepatic venous pressure gradient \<20% reduction).The responders will be excluded from the study while the non responders will be randomize into carvedilol+VSL#3 versus Endoscopic Variceal Ligation.

Conditions

• Cirrhosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Carvedilol+VSL#3	Tablet Carvedilol 6.25 mg BD \& capsule VSL#3 1 TDS for 2 year
PROCEDURE	Endoscopic variceal ligation	In the Endoscopic Variceal Ligation arm, Endoscopic Variceal Ligation will be performed using multibander devices by senior fully trained endoscopists or under their direct supervision. Varices will be banded starting at the gastroesophageal junction moving proximally upward in a spiral fashion. Patients will undergo Endoscopic Variceal Ligation every 3-4 weeks until eradication. Eradication is defined as the absence of varices or presence of grade I esophageal varices. Following eradication, the interval for the next endoscopy will be every 3 months to look for recurrence of varices. Endoscopic Variceal Ligation sessions would be repeated for the recurrent varices if they are sufficiently large.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-12-01
• Primary completion: 2015-08-01
• Completion: 2015-08-01
• First posted: 2010-09-08
• Last updated: 2020-05-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: India