Project information
Project information
Endoscopic variceal band ligation in comparison wirh betablockers in prophylaxis of first variceal bleeding in patients with liver cirrhosis
- Project Identification
- NK6947
- Project Period
- 1/2002 - 12/2004
- Investor / Pogramme / Project type
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Ministry of Health of the CR
- R&D in Other Medical Branches
- MU Faculty or unit
- Faculty of Medicine
- Keywords
- esophageal varices;bleeding prohylaxis;endoscopic ligation;propranolol;liver cirrhosis
- Cooperating Organization
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Charles University
- Responsible person MUDr. Petr Zdeněk
- Responsible person doc. MUDr. Vlastimil Procházka, Ph.D.
- Responsible person MUDr. Pavel Drastich
- Responsible person MUDr. Jaromír Petrtýl, CSc.
We conducted a prospective, multicentric, randomised, controlled trial to compare the efficacy and safety of propranolol and endoscopic variceal band ligation for the primary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding. Only patients with high-risk esophageal varices will participate in this study with principal end point to decrese the probability of life-threatening bleeding from esophageal varices.