# Endoscopic Sclerotherapy and/or Ligation Versus Portacaval Shunt for Bleeding Gastric Varices

> **NCT00820781** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of California, San Diego** · enrollment: 518 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Gastric Bleeding
- Cirrhosis

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Portacaval shunt
- **PROCEDURE:** Sclerotherapy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00820781
- **Lead sponsor:** University of California, San Diego
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 1977-08
- **Primary completion:** 1977-12
- **Final completion:** 2003-04
- **Target enrollment:** 518 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2009-01-12


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00820781

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00820781, "Endoscopic Sclerotherapy and/or Ligation Versus Portacaval Shunt for Bleeding Gastric Varices". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00820781. Licensed CC0.

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