# PROPRANOLOL PLUS LIGATION REDUCES RECURRENCE OF ESOPHAGEAL VARICES?

> **NCT01893541** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Federal University of São Paulo** · enrollment: 100 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- CIRRHOSIS
- ESOPHAGEAL VARICES

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** ENDOSCOPIC BAND LIGATION
- **DRUG:** PROPRANOLOL
- **DEVICE:** a multiband ligation device

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01893541
- **Lead sponsor:** Federal University of São Paulo
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2008-06
- **Primary completion:** 2011-06
- **Final completion:** 2011-06
- **Target enrollment:** 100 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2013-07-09


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01893541

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01893541, "PROPRANOLOL PLUS LIGATION REDUCES RECURRENCE OF ESOPHAGEAL VARICES?". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01893541. Licensed CC0.

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