RCT to Determine the Efficacy of Combining Hemospray With Medical Treatment in Acute Variceal Bleeding

NCT ID: NCT03061604

Last Updated: 2017-11-14

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

105 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-11-30

Study Completion Date

2017-11-30

Brief Summary

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INTRODUCTION Acute variceal bleeding (AVB) is a severe complication of portal hypertension in patients with liver cirrhosis. The primary therapy includes the administration of vasoactive drugs, antibiotics and endoscopic therapy; preferably esophageal banding ligation (EBL) and/or cyanoacrylate injection when bleeding occurs from gastric varices.

In this context, the idea is to assess "Hemospray" (Cook Medical, Winston-Salem, NC) as an initial therapy in patients with massive bleeding as a temporary "bridge" until definitive treatment could be instituted.

The data generated from the pilot study performed between Erasme hospital, ULB and TBRI , Cairo showed that adding Hemospray as early as possible in the management steps could increase the bleeding control rate up to 95 % at 24 hours.

OBJECTIVE The primary efficacy objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of Hemospray in combination with standard of care (SOC) medical treatment compared to the efficacy of SOC in the Control Arm in patient with acute variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patient.

The primary safety objective of this study is to evaluate the safety of Hemospray when used in combination with SOC compared to SOC in the Control Arm.

1.1. Secondary:

* To evaluate the effect of timing of Hemospray treatment on the outcomes of bleeding patients
* To evaluate the adverse effects on both therapeutic regimens (SAEs and clinically significant AEs).

Detailed Description

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STUDY ENDPOINTS :

1.1. Primary endpoint: Hemostasis is the primary end point: which is a combined endpoint of Endoscopic hemostasis at (12-24) hours and Clinical hemostasis during (12-24) hours.

1.2. Secondary endpoints:

* Need for rescue endoscopy (Before 12h)
* Safety
* Interaction with coagulation profile
* Rebleeding at 5 days.
* Survival at 5 days
* Survival at 30 days

Conditions

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Variceal Hemorrhage

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Hemospray

All subjects will be treated by medical treatment in the terms of combination of vasoactive medication, blood transfusion and Ceftriaxone PLUS Hemospray treatment within 2 hours of admission.

The medical treatment will be continued till 12 hours after admission and then second endoscopy will be performed (12-24 hours after admission).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Hemospray

Intervention Type DEVICE

Hemospray is a novel hemostatic powder licensed for endoscopic hemostasis of non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding which has been shown to be effective in preliminary studies for the management of patients with peptic ulcer bleeding, including those on anticoagulant or antithrombotic therapy . Recently, two case reports and a pilot study reported that hemostatic powder may be useful in emergency management of variceal bleeding as a bridge towards more definitive therapy

Octreotide

Intervention Type DRUG

Octreotide will be administered to all patients at time of admission and will be continued for 24 hours

• Dosage: 50 mcg bolus at admission then 25 mcg/hour

Blood transfusion

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Blood transfusion will be administered to all patients if needed

Ceftriaxone

Intervention Type DRUG

Ceftriaxone will be administered to all patients on daily basis

Non Hemospray

All subjects will be treated by medical treatment in the terms of combination of Octreotide, blood transfusion and Ceftriaxone.

The medical treatment will be continued till 12 hours after admission and then second endoscopy will be performed (12-24 hours after admission).

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Octreotide

Intervention Type DRUG

Octreotide will be administered to all patients at time of admission and will be continued for 24 hours

• Dosage: 50 mcg bolus at admission then 25 mcg/hour

Blood transfusion

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Blood transfusion will be administered to all patients if needed

Ceftriaxone

Intervention Type DRUG

Ceftriaxone will be administered to all patients on daily basis

Interventions

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Hemospray

Hemospray is a novel hemostatic powder licensed for endoscopic hemostasis of non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding which has been shown to be effective in preliminary studies for the management of patients with peptic ulcer bleeding, including those on anticoagulant or antithrombotic therapy . Recently, two case reports and a pilot study reported that hemostatic powder may be useful in emergency management of variceal bleeding as a bridge towards more definitive therapy

Intervention Type DEVICE

Octreotide

Octreotide will be administered to all patients at time of admission and will be continued for 24 hours

• Dosage: 50 mcg bolus at admission then 25 mcg/hour

Intervention Type DRUG

Blood transfusion

Blood transfusion will be administered to all patients if needed

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Ceftriaxone

Ceftriaxone will be administered to all patients on daily basis

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Hemostatic Powder Vasoactive drug Antibiotics

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Subject must be over 18 years of age.
* Suspected or proven acute variceal bleeding , Gastric lavage will be done for all patients at admission (Acute bleeding is confirmed on the presence of blood in stomach)
* Subjects must be willing to give written informed consent for the trial
* Known or suspected cirrhosis

Exclusion Criteria

* Patient is: \< 18 years of age
* Unable to consent
* Contraindicated to undergo endoscopy,
* Already hospitalized for another illness
* Pregnant or lactating
* Patients with altered post-surgical anatomy of the stomach
* Previously placed intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
* Patient treated by other endoscopic or surgical modalities within 30 days prior to the intended application of Hemospray
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Université Libre de Bruxelles

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Theodor Bilharz Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Mostafa Ibrahim

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jacques Deviere, PHD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Erasme Hospital , Université libre de Bruxelles

Locations

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Erasme Hospital , ULB

Brussels, , Belgium

Site Status

Theodor Bilharz Research Institute

Giza, , Egypt

Site Status

Countries

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Belgium Egypt

References

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Ibrahim M, El-Mikkawy A, Abdel Hamid M, Abdalla H, Lemmers A, Mostafa I, Deviere J. Early application of haemostatic powder added to standard management for oesophagogastric variceal bleeding: a randomised trial. Gut. 2019 May;68(5):844-853. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-314653. Epub 2018 May 5.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29730601 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Hemospray Varices RCT

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id