Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
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2025-12-25 @ 3:26 AM
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2025-12-25 @ 3:26 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00164905
Brief Summary:
The aim of study is to evaluate whether Doppler ultrasound can accurately identify patients who are at risk of recurrent bleeding, who will require endoscopic therapy, and who will fail endoscopic therapy.
Detailed Description:
Bleeding peptic ulcer is a life-threatening emergency. Endoscopic therapy is a proven technique in the acute hemostasis of bleeding ulcers. Currently there is no objective assessment of adequacy of endoscopic therapy. Endoscopic Doppler ultrasound enables endoscopists in detecting blood flow in a vessel beneath an ulcer. A persistent signal after endoscopic therapy predicts recurrent bleeding. The current study proposes to compare assessment of ulcer base using either Doppler ultrasound or endoscopists' interpretation of ulcer floors. The trial design is one of a prospective randomized controlled cross-over study in which patients with severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding and documented peptic ulcers at endoscopy are enrolled.
Study:
NCT00164905
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00164905