Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:48 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:48 PM
NCT ID:
NCT01267669
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Clinical diagnosis of portal hypertension
* Having hematemesis and/or melena within 24 hour prior to admission
* Source of bleeding should be esophageal varices
Exclusion Criteria:
* Non-cirrhotic cause of portal hypertension
* Age \<12 or \>75 years
* Hepatic encephalopathy grade 3 or 4
* Renal failure with serum creatinine \>2 mg/dL
* Any evidence of bleeding from additional source apart from esophageal varices (like gastric varices, portal hypertensive gastropathy, erosions or ulcers including variceal ulcers)
* Patients already on vasoactive drugs like somatostatin or terlipressin during the current episode of bleeding
* Patients already received EVL or EST elsewhere during the current episode of bleeding prior to presenting to our hospital
* Patients with history of surgery for portal hypertension or TIPS
* Concomitant severe cardio-pulmonary disease
* Concomitant malignancy
* HVPG not possible within 24 hrs of presentation
* Patients refusing to participate in the study.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
12 Years
Maximum Age:
75 Years
Study:
NCT01267669
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01267669