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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02465645
Date of registration: 04/06/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India
Public title: To Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Carvedilol With or Without Simvastatin in Patients With Portal Hypertension and Esophageal Varices.
Scientific title: A Prospective Randomized Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Carvedilol With or Without Simvastatin in Patients With Portal Hypertension and Esophageal Varices
Date of first enrolment: June 1, 2015
Target sample size: 220
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02465645
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
India
Contacts
Name:     Dr V Rajan, MD
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Affiliation:  Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. All patients of chronic liver disease with esophageal varices.

2. Age more than and equal to 18 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients of chronic liver disease with history of upper Gastro Intestinal bleed.

2. Patients of acute on chronic liver failure

3. Thrombosis of splenoportal axis

4. Hepatocellular carcinoma

5. Patients who were on primary variceal ligation sessions as prophylaxis

6. Patients who are beta blocker intolerant (Prior h/o hypotension, bradycardia).

7. Patients who are contraindicated for beta blockers {H/O COPD (Coronary Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease), heart block, refractory Ascites, SBP(Spontaneous Bacterial
Peritonitis) , HRS(Hepato Renal Syndrome)}.

8. Failure to give consent for inclusion in the study



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cirrhosis With Esophageal Varices
Intervention(s)
Drug: Carvedilol
Drug: Carvedilol + Simvastatin
Primary Outcome(s)
Total number of patients who will be Responders. [Time Frame: 3 Months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Total number of patients develop GAVE (Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia). [Time Frame: 3 months]
Total number of patients develop Gastric Varices. [Time Frame: 3 months]
Total number of patients develop adverse Events of the study drug [Time Frame: 3 months]
Total number of patients develop PHG (Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy). [Time Frame: 3 months]
Improvement in the CTP (Child-Turcotte-Pugh score) score. [Time Frame: 3 months]
Improvement in the MELD (Model for End Stage liver Disease) score. [Time Frame: 3 months]
Total number of patients develop esophageal variceal bleed [Time Frame: 3 months]
Secondary ID(s)
ILBS-Cirrhosis-004
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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