NCT04222127

Brief Summary

Gastric varices occur in patients with portal hypertension, mostly secondary to liver cirrhosis. Although they bleed less frequently than oesophageal varices, gastric variceal bleeding tends to be more severe with reported higher mortality. Endoscopic variceal obliteration (EVO) by direct endoscopic injection (DEI) using tissue adhesives like glue, CYA or histoacryl demonstrated higher hemostasis and lower bleeding rates compared to band ligation or sclerotherapy. Nevertheless, CYA treatment is known to be associated with significant adverse events like para-variceal injection, hemorrhage from post injection ulcer, needle sticking in the varix, intra-peritoneal injection leading to peritonitis and adherence of the glue to the endoscope, fever, embolization into the renal vein, IVC, pulmonary or systemic vessels. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) offers unique access to abdominal arterial and venous vasculature. This has had the most clinical impact on the treatment of gastroesophageal varices, where EUS may play a role both in the management and can deliver therapy in the form of glue injection, endovascular coil placement or a combination of the two. EUS enables an assessment using Doppler to confirm vessel obliteration after treatment. However, targeting the perforating feeder vessel rather than the varix lumen itself may theoretically minimize the amount of CYA needed to achieve obliteration of GVs and thereby reduce the risk of embolization.

Trial Health

43
At Risk

Trial Health Score

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Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
42

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Jan 2019

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
unknown

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

January 1, 2019

Completed
9 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

October 5, 2019

Completed
3 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

January 1, 2020

Completed
8 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

January 9, 2020

Completed
5 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

June 1, 2020

Completed
Last Updated

January 9, 2020

Status Verified

January 1, 2020

Enrollment Period

1 year

First QC Date

October 5, 2019

Last Update Submit

January 6, 2020

Conditions

Keywords

Gastric VaricesEUSCyanoacrylate

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Incidence of treatment emergent adverse events & oblitration rate

    measure the technical success rate defined as complete variceal obliteration and complications rate including bleeding, pulmonary embolism (PE), ulcers, fever, paravariceal injection \& rebleeding.

    6 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

  • Amount of glue used

    6 months

  • Number of sessions

    6 months

Study Arms (2)

EUS-guided injection of CYA of GVs

EXPERIMENTAL

EUS-guided injection of CYA will be done at entrance of of the varix or the perforator veins when identifiable using a mixture (1:1) of 2-octyl-cyanoacrylate \& lipidol using 19G EUS-FNA needle

Other: EUS guided injection of gastric varices by CYA

Direct endoscopic injection of CYA of GVs

EXPERIMENTAL

Direct endoscopic injection of CYA of the gastric varix using standard endoscopy

Other: Direct endoscopic injection of gastric varices by CYA

Interventions

EUS-guided injection of CYA will be done at entrance of of the varix or the perforator veins when identifiable using a mixture (1:1) of 2-octyl-cyanoacrylate \& lipidol using 19G EUS-FNA needle

EUS-guided injection of CYA of GVs

Direct endoscopic injection of gastric varix by CYA

Direct endoscopic injection of CYA of GVs

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years - 80 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • High risk GOV II and IGV I varices (\>10 mm) on initial standard diagnostic upper endoscopy
  • Recent bleeding and primary prophylaxis
  • Patients who are unable or unwilling to undergo alternative therapies for GV \[such as transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) or surgery\], or prior TIPS had failed.

You may not qualify if:

  • Inability to give informed consent for the procedure.
  • Concurrent hepatorenal syndrome and/or multiorgan failure.
  • Presence of HCC \&/or portal vein thrombosis.
  • Previous endoscopic treatment for GVs.
  • Platelet count less than 50,000/ml or International Normalized Rate (INR) \>2
  • Esophageal stricture
  • Previous esophageal or gastric surgery.
  • Pregnancy.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Specialized Medical hospital

Al Mansurah, Dakahlia Governorate, +2050, Egypt

RECRUITING

Related Publications (2)

  • Romero-Castro R, Pellicer-Bautista FJ, Jimenez-Saenz M, Marcos-Sanchez F, Caunedo-Alvarez A, Ortiz-Moyano C, Gomez-Parra M, Herrerias-Gutierrez JM. EUS-guided injection of cyanoacrylate in perforating feeding veins in gastric varices: results in 5 cases. Gastrointest Endosc. 2007 Aug;66(2):402-7. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.03.008.

    PMID: 17643723BACKGROUND
  • Wang AJ, Li BM, Zheng XL, Shu X, Zhu X. Utility of endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of esophagogastric varices. Endosc Ultrasound. 2016 Jul-Aug;5(4):218-24. doi: 10.4103/2303-9027.187840.

    PMID: 27503152BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Esophageal and Gastric Varices

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Esophageal DiseasesGastrointestinal DiseasesDigestive System DiseasesHypertension, PortalLiver Diseases

Study Officials

  • Fady S Karam, Master

    Mansoura University

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
  • Ahmed Y Altonbary, MD

    Mansoura University

    STUDY DIRECTOR
  • Hazim H Almenshawy, Professor

    Mansoura University

    STUDY DIRECTOR
  • Ayman A Aldosoky, Professor

    Mansoura University

    STUDY DIRECTOR
  • Seham M Seif, Professor

    Mansoura University

    STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Fady S Karam, Master

CONTACT

Ahmed Y Altonbary

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

October 5, 2019

First Posted

January 9, 2020

Study Start

January 1, 2019

Primary Completion

January 1, 2020

Study Completion

June 1, 2020

Last Updated

January 9, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-01

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

Locations