# TIPS Versus Portacaval Shunt for Acute Bleeding Varices in Cirrhosis

> **NCT00734227** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of California, San Diego** · enrollment: 153 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Bleeding

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Emergency portacaval shunt
- **OTHER:** Emergency TIPS

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00734227
- **Lead sponsor:** University of California, San Diego
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 1996-07
- **Primary completion:** 2003-10
- **Final completion:** 2006-07
- **Target enrollment:** 153 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2008-08-14


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00734227

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00734227, "TIPS Versus Portacaval Shunt for Acute Bleeding Varices in Cirrhosis". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00734227. Licensed CC0.

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