# Pain and Bleeding Following Hypertonic Saline Sclerotherapy Compared to Brand Ligation for Symptomatic Hemorrhoids

> **NCT02851940** · NA · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **American University of Beirut Medical Center**

## Conditions studied

- Hemorrhoids
- Bleeding
- Pain

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Rubber Band Ligation
- **PROCEDURE:** Hypertonic Saline Infusion

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02851940
- **Lead sponsor:** American University of Beirut Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2016-09
- **Primary completion:** 2018-01
- **Final completion:** 2018-01
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** No patients recruited
- **Last updated:** 2024-01-31


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02851940

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02851940, "Pain and Bleeding Following Hypertonic Saline Sclerotherapy Compared to Brand Ligation for Symptomatic Hemorrhoids". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02851940. Licensed CC0.

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