Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Injection of Cyanoacrylate for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Gastric Variceal Bleeding
Who is this study for? Adult patients cirrhosis and gastric variceal bleeding
What treatments are being studied? Ertapenem
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Phase 4
SUMMARY
We design a randomized trial to clarify the necessity of antibiotic prophylaxis for the patients chronic liver disease with gastric varices treated by elective GVO.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 20
Maximum Age: 85
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• Patients with live cirrhosis and/or hepatoma
• Aged 20 to 85, who had endoscopy-treatment EV(-)GV(+)or EV\<GV
Locations
Other Locations
Taiwan
Veteran General Hospital-Taipei
RECRUITING
Taipei
Contact Information
Primary
Ming-Chih Hou, MD
mchou@vghtpe.gov.tw
886-2-28712111
Backup
Pei-Chang Lee, MD
pclee7@vghtpe.gov.tw
886-2-28712111
Time Frame
Start Date: 2017-01-28
Estimated Completion Date: 2030-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 150
Treatments
Experimental: Antibiotic
Participate will be acepted ertapenem(1g) iv before endoscopic cyanoacrylate injection obliteration
No_intervention: Control
Participate will not be acepted ertapenem(1g) iv before endoscopic cyanoacrylate injection obliteration
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan