Comparing two banding methods for esophageal varices
Part of Digestive system clinical trials.
This trial compares two different ways of using rubber bands to treat swollen veins in the food pipe (varices) caused by cirrhosis. It aims to find which method is better at preventing first-time bleeding.
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Who can take part
- You must be 18 years or older.
- You must have cirrhosis (scarring of the liver).
- An endoscopy must show that you have medium or large varices (swollen blood vessels in the food pipe).
- You cannot have had bleeding from varices or any prior treatment to prevent variceal bleeding.
- You cannot have certain health problems like blood clots in the liver, uncontrolled diabetes, kidney failure, liver cancer, or severe heart/lung disease.
- You cannot be pregnant or breastfeeding, and you must not have an allergy to carvedilol.
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