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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT02241044
Date of registration: 11/09/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.
Public title: Argon Plasma Coagulation for Bleeding Peptic Ulcers
Scientific title: Ivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Date of first enrolment: October 2010
Target sample size: 116
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02241044
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Taiwan
Contacts
Name:     Huay-Min Wang, MD
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Affiliation:  Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- (i) over 20 years of age and (ii) patients with high-risk peptic ulcer bleeding.

Exclusion Criteria:

- (i) the presence of another possible bleeding site (eg, gastroesophageal varix,
gastric cancer, reflux esophagitis); (ii) coexistence of actively severe ill diseases
(eg, septic shock, stroke, myocardial infarction, surgical abdomen); (iii) treatment
with an anticoagulant (eg, warfarin); (iv) pregnancy; (v) the presence of operated
stomach or; (vi) refusal to participate in the study.



Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Bleeding Ulcers
Intervention(s)
Device: Distilled water
Device: Argon plasma coagulation
Primary Outcome(s)
rebleeding [Time Frame: up to 30 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Surgery [Time Frame: up to 30 days]
mortality [Time Frame: up to 30 days]
sever adverse events [Time Frame: up to 30 days]
Secondary ID(s)
VGHKS98-CT8-13
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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