# Trial of Monthly Versus Bi-weekly Endoscopic Variceal Ligation for the Prevention of Esophageal Variceal Rebleeding

> **NCT02719119** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **West China Hospital** · enrollment: 60 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Esophageal and Gastric Varices

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** monthly Endoscopic Variceal Ligation (EVL)
- **PROCEDURE:** bi-weekly Endoscopic Variceal Ligation (EVL)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02719119
- **Lead sponsor:** West China Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2016-03
- **Primary completion:** 2017-06
- **Final completion:** 2018-02
- **Target enrollment:** 60 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2017-04-05


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02719119

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02719119, "Trial of Monthly Versus Bi-weekly Endoscopic Variceal Ligation for the Prevention of Esophageal Variceal Rebleeding". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02719119. Licensed CC0.

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