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Last refreshed on: 12 February 2024
Main ID:  NCT02851940
Date of registration: 26/07/2016
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: American University of Beirut Medical Center
Public title: Pain and Bleeding Following Hypertonic Saline Sclerotherapy Compared to Brand Ligation for Symptomatic Hemorrhoids
Scientific title: Pain and Bleeding Following Hypertonic Saline Sclerotherapy Compared to Brand Ligation for Symptomatic Hemorrhoids: A Randomized Prospective Study
Date of first enrolment: September 2016
Target sample size: 0
Recruitment status: Withdrawn
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02851940
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Lebanon
Contacts
Name:     Ala I Sharara, MD
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Affiliation:  American University of Beirut Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 18+

- Consent to the study

- Bleeding grade 1,2 and 3 hemorrhoids

Exclusion Criteria:

- Age under 18 years

- Refusal to sign consent

- Prior surgical and non surgical hemorrhoid procedure/manipulation

- External hemorrhoids

- Thrombosed hemorrhoids

- Active Anal Fissure

- Active anal fistula

- Immunocompromised

- Grade 4 internal hemorrhoids

- Chronic Pain requiring analgesics

- Antiplatelets and anticoagulation intake other than Aspirin



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hemorrhoids
Bleeding
Pain
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Hypertonic Saline Infusion
Procedure: Rubber Band Ligation
Primary Outcome(s)
Composite Pain Score [Time Frame: Day 7 after procedure]
Composite Pain Score [Time Frame: Days 0 after procedure]
Composite Pain Score [Time Frame: Day 3 after procedure]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Pain [Time Frame: week 1-week 7 post procedure, 3 months, 6 months]
Pain Medication Usage [Time Frame: Days 1 to 7 after the procedure]
Bleeding [Time Frame: Days 1 to 7 after the procedure]
Bleeding [Time Frame: week 1-week 7 post procedure, 3 months, 6 months]
Secondary ID(s)
IM.FD.04
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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