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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT02298218
Date of registration: 19/11/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Yonsei University
Public title: Clinical Study About the Role of COX-2 Inhibitor in Liver Cirrhosis With Biliary Atresia
Scientific title:
Date of first enrolment: September 2009
Target sample size: 50
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02298218
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Contacts
Name:     Seok Joo Han, MD
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Affiliation:  Department of Pediatric Surgery, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who had undergone a Kasai portoenterostomy for BA, and who were
postoperatively managed in our outpatient clinic

2. Patients who made informed consent for clinical study of COX-2 inhibitor

3. Patients who were followed up with liver fibroscan study

4. Patients who were over 2 years old and less than or equal to 17 years

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who were impossible to join the clinical study because of their underlying
diseases (renal disease, liver disease, diabetes mellitus, GI disease, including
bleeding, perforation, or ulceration, etc.) other than biliary atresia, ii) H. pylori
infection, iii) asthma, iv) nasal polyp, v) hypertension, vi) hematologic disease,
vii) coagulopathy, viii) cardiac disease, ix) vascular disease

2. Patients who did not get the drug (COX-2 inhibitor)

3. Patients who did not check liver fibroscan

4. Patients who were impossible to join the clinical study because of their complication
after Kasai portoenterostomy

5. Patients who did not make informed consent for clinical study of COX-2 inhibitor

6. Patients who cannot take drug because of their allergy, skin disease or asthma attack
to drug (COX-2 inhibitor)

7. Patients who were decided to withdraw because of their severe drug adverse events



Age minimum: 2 Years
Age maximum: 17 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Biliary Atresia, Kasai Portoenterostomy Status
Intervention(s)
Drug: Meloxicam
Primary Outcome(s)
liver stiffness score on FibroScan [Time Frame: from 6 to 12 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
4-2008-0597
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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