Unique ID issued by UMIN | UMIN000032548 |
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Receipt number | R000037121 |
Scientific Title | The effect of rifaximin on liver cirrhosis patients with hepatic encephalopathy |
Date of disclosure of the study information | 2018/05/11 |
Last modified on | 2018/05/10 19:30:55 |
The effect of rifaximin on liver cirrhosis patients with hepatic encephalopathy
The effect of rifaximin on liver cirrhosis patients with hepatic encephalopathy
The effect of rifaximin on liver cirrhosis patients with hepatic encephalopathy
The effect of rifaximin on liver cirrhosis patients with hepatic encephalopathy
Japan |
liver cirrhosis
Hepato-biliary-pancreatic medicine |
Others
NO
We examine the effect of rifaximin in patients with cirrhosis.
Efficacy
Effectiveness to hepatic encephalopathy (serum ammonia value, endotoxin activity)
Interventional
Single arm
Non-randomized
Open -no one is blinded
Self control
1
Treatment
Medicine |
Rifaximin 400 mg administered three times a day for 4 weeks.
18 | years-old | <= |
Not applicable |
Male and Female
The subjects are patients with decompensated cirrhosis due to several causes, aged 18 years or older, who have been diagnosed by clinical, biochemical, and ultrasound findings.
The exclusion criteria are cardiac and/or respiratory failure or invasive cancer within the past 5 years; renal failure; clinical or biochemical signs of infection 28 d prior to inclusion; concomitant inflammatory bowel diseases and/or irritable bowel syndrome; previous history of gastrectomy, enterectomy, and/or liver transplantation; and developed portosystemic shunt. Patients who consume nonabsorbable disaccharides, probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, or other antibiotics 28 days prior to inclusion are also excluded.
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1st name | |
Middle name | |
Last name | Kosuke Kaji |
Nara Medical University
Third Department of Internal Medicine
840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara, Nara
0744-22-3051
kajik@naramed-u.ac.jp
1st name | |
Middle name | |
Last name | Kosuke Kaji |
Nara Medical University
Third Department of Internal Medicine
840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara, Nara
0744-22-3051
kajik@naramed-u.ac.jp
Nara Medical University
Nara Medical University
Local Government
NO
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