TIPS Versus Portacaval Shunt for Acute Bleeding Varices in Cirrhosis

August 13, 2008 updated by: University of California, San Diego
In unselected cirrhotic patients with acute portal hypertension-related bleeding to compare the effectiveness in control of bleeding, mortality rate, duration of life, quality of life, and economic costs of two widely used treatment measures: (1) emergency transjugular intrahepatic portal-systemic shunt (TIPS), and (2) emergency portacaval shunt.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

153

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • San Diego, California, United States, 92103
        • UCSD Medical Center

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All patients with UGI bleeding who are shown to have the findings of cirrhosis and esophagogastric varices or portal hypertensive gastropathy and require 2 or more units of blood transfusion will be included.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: A

Randomization: By the blind card method to TIPS or emergency portacaval shunt. Diagnostic Workup: Completed within 6hr. Rapidity of Therapy: Within 24 hr. Failure of Therapy: Bleeding requiring >6u PRBC in first 7 days, or 8 units PRBC during 12 months.

Rescue Crossover Therapy: When primary therapy has failed. Followup: Lifelong data collection on line, analysis by biostatistician Florin Vaida, PhD. External Advisory, Data Monitoring and Safety Committee by 3 senior academicians.

Procedure: Emergency portacaval shunt.
Procedure: Emergency portacaval shunt
Active Comparator: B
Procedure: Emergency TIPS.
Other: Emergency TIPS

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Survival
Time Frame: 10 years
10 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Control of bleeding and quality of life
Time Frame: 10 years
10 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

University of California, San Diego

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Marshall J. Orloff, M.D., UCSD Medical Center

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

July 1, 1996

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2003

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2006

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 13, 2008

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 13, 2008

First Posted (Estimate)

August 14, 2008

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 14, 2008

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 13, 2008

Last Verified

July 1, 2008

More Information

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Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • TvSSTUDY

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