NCT01410591

TIPS With 8- OR 10-mm Covered Stent for Preventing Variceal Rebleeding

The Effect of TIPS With 8- or 10-mm Covered Stent for Preventing Variceal Rebleeding in Cirrhotic Patients.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 127 (actual)
• Sponsor: Air Force Military Medical University, China · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) with 10-mm covered stent is associated with lower shunt dysfunction in comparing TIPS with 8-mm covered stent in cirrhotic patients with at least one episode of variceal bleeding.

Conditions

• Decompensated Cirrhosis
• Portal Hypertension
• Bleeding Varices

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	8-mm covered stent group	Creating a shunt between hepatic vein and portal vein with a 8-mm covered stent by TIPS procedure.
DEVICE	10-mm covered stent group	Creating a shunt between hepatic vein and portal vein with a 10-mm covered stent by TIPS procedure.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-07-01
• Primary completion: 2016-01-01
• Completion: 2016-01-01
• First posted: 2011-08-05
• Last updated: 2016-01-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China