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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00725244
Date of registration: 28/07/2008
Primary sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo
Public title: Trial of Endoscopy Bipolar and Argon of Chronic Rectal Bleeding From Radiation Telangiectasias
Scientific title: A Randomized Prospective Study of Endoscopy Bipolar Eletrocoagulation and Argon Plasma Coagulation of Chronic Rectal Bleeding From Radiation Telangiectasias
Date of first enrolment: May 2005
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00725244
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name:   Angelo Ferrari, PhD
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Affiliation:  Federal University of São Paulo
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- active (at least one episode last week) and chronic (persist or appear 6 months after
the conclusion of radiotherapy) rectal bleeding.

- previous radiotherapy at least 6 months ago

- presence of colonic or rectal telangiectasias

- patients that agreed to participate of the study and signed the Term of Free Consent
and Cleared

Exclusion Criteria:

- prior endoscopic treatment

- rectal or colonic surgery

- stenosis rectal

- rectal bleeding before radiotherapy

- severe cardiac disease



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 88 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Radiation Injuries
Telangiectasis
Intervention(s)
Device: Argon Plasma Coagulation
Device: Bipolar eletrocoagulation
Primary Outcome(s)
Improve of rectal bleeding [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Complications of each group [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary ID(s)
556/05
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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