# Sedation and Analgesia for Transjugular Liver Biopsy: A Randomized Double Blind Placebo Controlled Trial

> **NCT00596414** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Erasme University Hospital** · enrollment: 180 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Cirrhosis
- Chronic Hepatitis
- Anxiety

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** transjugular liver biopsy
- **DRUG:** placebo
- **DRUG:** midazolam
- **DRUG:** midazolam + pethidine

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00596414
- **Lead sponsor:** Erasme University Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2003-05
- **Primary completion:** 2005-10
- **Final completion:** 2005-10
- **Target enrollment:** 180 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2008-01-17


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00596414

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00596414, "Sedation and Analgesia for Transjugular Liver Biopsy: A Randomized Double Blind Placebo Controlled Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-10 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00596414. Licensed CC0.

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