Clinical Trial: Evaluating the Efficacy of Vonoprazan in Preventing Post-Endoscopic Variceal Band Ligation Ulcers: A Randomized Controlled Trial

U.S., Dec. 6 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07267260) titled 'Evaluating the Efficacy of Vonoprazan in Preventing Post-Endoscopic Variceal Band Ligation Ulcers: A Randomized Controlled Trial' on Nov. 23.

Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the medicine vonoprazan can help prevent ulcers that may develop after endoscopic variceal band ligation (EVBL) in adults with liver cirrhosis. These ulcers sometimes cause pain or delayed bleeding after the procedure.

The study will also look at how well vonoprazan is tolerated and if it improves comfort after the procedure.

The main questions this study will answer are:

Does vonoprazan lower the number and severity of ulcers fou...