# PTFE Covered Stents Versus Naked Stents in the TIPS (Transjugular Intra-hepatic Porto-systemic Shunt)

> **NCT00593528** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University Hospital, Tours** · enrollment: 138 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Naked Stents: Wallstent® (Boston Scientific), Luminexx® (Bard), Zilver® (Cook), Palmaz Genesis® and Smart Control® (Cordis)
- **DEVICE:** PTFE Covered Stents: Fluency® (Bard), Advanta V12® (Atrium) and Viatorr® (Gore)
- **PROCEDURE:** Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00593528
- **Lead sponsor:** University Hospital, Tours
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2008-02-18
- **Primary completion:** 2011-07-11
- **Final completion:** 2011-07-11
- **Target enrollment:** 138 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-22


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00593528

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00593528, "PTFE Covered Stents Versus Naked Stents in the TIPS (Transjugular Intra-hepatic Porto-systemic Shunt)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00593528. Licensed CC0.

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