Comparison of 1-day versus 3-day intravenous terlipressin in cirrhosis patients with variceal bleeding : A pilot randomised controlled trial

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BACKGROUND: In cirrhosis patients with acute variceal bleeding (AVB), the optimal duration of vasoconstrictor therapy after endoscopic haemostasis is unclear.

AIMS: We aimed to compare efficacy of 1-day versus 3-day terlipressin therapy in cirrhosis patients with AVB post-endoscopic intervention. The primary objective was to compare rebleeding at 5 days between the two arms. Secondary objectives included rebleeding and mortality rates at 6 weeks.

METHODS: In this open-label, randomised controlled trial, cirrhosis patients with AVB were randomised to either 1-day or 3-day terlipressin therapy.

RESULTS: A total of 150 cirrhosis patients with AVB were recruited to receive either 1 day (n = 75) or 3 days (n = 75) of terlipressin therapy. One patient from 1-day arm was excluded. Modified intention-to-treat analysis included 149 patients. Baseline characteristics were comparable between the two groups. Rebleeding at 5 days: 3 (4.1%; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.4-9.0) versus 4 (5.3%; 95% CI: 2.0-10.0), risk difference (RD) p = 0.726 and 5-day mortality rates: 1 (1.4%; 95% CI: 0-7.3) versus 1 (1.3%; 95% CI: 0.2-7.0), RD p = 0.960 were similar. Rebleeding at 42 days: 9 (12.2%; 95% CI: 7.0-20.0) versus 10 (13.3%; 95% CI: 7.0-20.0), RD p = 0.842 and mortality at 42 days: 5 (6.8%; 95% CI: 3.0-10.0) versus 4 (5.3%; 95% CI: 2.0-10.0), RD p = 0.704 were also similar. Patients in the 1-day terlipressin therapy arm experienced significantly fewer adverse effects compared with those receiving 3 days of terlipressin therapy: 28 (37.8%) versus 42 (56%), p = 0.026.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that 1 day of terlipressin therapy is associated with similar 5-day and 42-day rebleeding rates, 42-day mortality and an overall superior safety profile compared with 3-day of terlipressin therapy. These findings require to be validated in double-blinded, larger, multiethnic and multicentre studies across the various stages of cirrhosis (CTRI/2019/10/021771).

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:59

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Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 59(2024), 5 vom: 05. Feb., Seite 645-655

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vaishnav, Manas [VerfasserIn]
Biswas, Sagnik [VerfasserIn]
Shenoy, Abhishek [VerfasserIn]
Pathak, Piyush [VerfasserIn]
Anand, Abhinav [VerfasserIn]
Swaroop, Shekhar [VerfasserIn]
Aggrawal, Arnav [VerfasserIn]
Arora, Umang [VerfasserIn]
Elhence, Anshuman [VerfasserIn]
Jagannath, Soumya [VerfasserIn]
Gunjan, Deepak [VerfasserIn]
Kedia, Saurabh [VerfasserIn]
Mishra, Ashwani Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Gamanagatti, Shivanand [VerfasserIn]
Nayak, Baibaswata [VerfasserIn]
Garg, Pramod [VerfasserIn]
Shalimar [VerfasserIn]

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7Z5X49W53P
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Terlipressin
Vasoconstrictor Agents

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Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 26.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/apt.17868

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366766279