An interventional study of Wilson-Cook four shooter saeed multi-band ligator and Wilson-Cook four shooter saeed multi-band ligator in Variceal Bleeding, Endoscopic Variceal Ligation, sponsored by Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.. Completed at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2013-03-12.
Sponsored by Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital. · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
Endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) has proved to be effective in the prevention of esophageal variceal rebleeding. However, the optimal interval of EVL remains unclear. Our previous studies demonstrated that repeating EVL every 3-4 weeks could achieve an appreciable low incidence of variceal rebleeding and mortality. In our own opinion, many shallow post-EVL ulcers may hamper the performance of variceal ligation if EVL is performed at intervals of 1-2 weeks. So far the optimal treatment interval remained unknown. The investigators hypothesis the Monthly EVL is superior to the Biweekly EVL in the prevention of esophageal variceal rebleeding in cirrhotic patients.
Esophageal varices are the most important portosystemic collaterals owing to their rupture results in variceal hemorrhage, which is a devastating event of portal hypertension. Cirrhotic patients surviving a first episode of variceal rupture have a risk of over 60% of suffering from recurrent bleeding within 1 year and mortality from each rebleeding episode is about 20%. Except for patients with a terminal illness, the secondary preventive measures are required to reduce variceal rebleeding to improve patient survival and clinical outcome. Endoscopic and pharmacological therapies are 2 main methods of intervention used to achieve the treatment goals. Endoscopic therapy contains endoscopic injection sclerotherapy (EIS) or endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL), which would obliterate varices by causing thrombosis and fibrosis formation. However, EVL has currently replaced EIS as the endoscopic therapy of choice because it is safer, more effective, and has lower morbidity rate.
Many experts and scholars suggest to repeat EVL every 1-2 weeks until obliteration of esophageal varices to prevent variceal rebleeding, whereas, there are insufficient data to support the concept that EVL at intervals of 1-2 week is appropriate. Our previous studies demonstrated that repeating EVL every 3-4 weeks could achieve an appreciable low incidence of variceal rebleeding and mortality. In our own opinion, many shallow post-EVL ulcers may hamper the performance of variceal ligation if EVL is performed at intervals of 1-2 weeks. A randomized controlled trial from Japan showed that EVL performed at a bimonthly interval obtained a higher variceal obliteration rate, lower variceal recurrence rate and fewer additional treatments. Bimonthly EVL in the secondary prophylaxis of variceal hemorrhage may be theoretically improper because post-EVL variceal rebleeding could only be significantly reduced in whom variceal obliteration was achieved within a short treatment course. The other retrospective investigation from the United States demonstrated the principal technical aspects of EVL in the prevention of variceal rebleeding, suggesting the benefit of intersession intervals > 3 weeks compared with intervals \< 3 weeks.
This randomized controlled study was undertaken to compare the effectiveness and safety of EVL with two different intersession intervals (bimonthly vs. biweekly). In addition, the risk factors that were associated with variceal rebleeding and mortality were analyzed.
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Patients in the Monthly group were received EVL at 28-day treatment intervals.
Device: Wilson-Cook four shooter saeed multi-band ligator
Patients in the Biweekly group received repeating EVL every 2 weeks.
Device: Wilson-Cook four shooter saeed multi-band ligator
Patients in the Monthly group were received EVL at 28-day treatment intervals.Orally 20 mg of rabeprazole (Pariet®) once a day for 2 weeks was given to hasten post-EVL ulcer healing in each treatment session. Once esophageal varices were obliterated, surveillance endoscopy was done every 3 months for one year, then every 6 months to check for recurrent varices.
Patients in the Biweekly group were received EVL at 14-day treatment intervals.Orally 20 mg of rabeprazole (Pariet®) once a day for 2 weeks was given to hasten post-EVL ulcer healing in each treatment session. Once esophageal varices were obliterated, surveillance endoscopy was done every 3 months for one year, then every 6 months to check for recurrent varices.
Rebleeding
Rebleeding from esophageal varices was defined as the presence of hematemesis, melena or both and the bleeding source was identified to be esophageal varices by an emergency endoscopy. Only those who had a clinically significant bleeding, including hematemesis/melena, \> 100 ml of fresh blood drained from nasogastric tube, decrease 3 g hemoglobin if no transfusion is given and transfusion requirement \> 2 units of blood in the first 24 hours of admission, were considered rebleeding from portal hypertensive sources.
Time frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented rebleeding, or date of death from any cause, or date of study closure, whichever came first, assessed up to 46 months
Variceal recurrence
After success in variceal obliteration, recurrence of varices was defined as reappearance of esophageal varices or enlargement of previous residual small varices could be injected or ligated at endoscopy. Variceal recurrence was repeatedly treated by EVL using the same protocol in each study cohort.
Time frame: From date of variceal obliteration until the date of first documented variceal recurrence, or date of death from any cause, or date of study closure, whichever came first, assessed up to 46 months
All-cause death
Causes of mortality included variceal bleeding, non-variceal bleeding or other causes rather than bleeding.
Time frame: From date of randomization until the date of death from any cause, or date of study closure, whichever came first, assessed up to 46 months
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