Comparison Between Erythromycin and Neomycin Treatment of Hepatic Encephalopathy

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2010-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Comparison between the efficacy of two different antibiotics in patients with overt hepatic encephalopathy. The study is randomized, controlled and double-blinded.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: UPECLIN HC FM Botucatu Unesp
• Collaborators: Biophisics Department of Biosciences Institute - Unesp; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
• Treatments: Erythromycin; Erythromycin Estolate; Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate; Erythromycin stearate; Neomycin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Hepatic cirrhosis or portal hypertension

• Hepatic Encephalopathy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Acute liver failure

• Neuropsychiatric diseases

• Inflammatory bowel diseases

• Intestinal obstruction

• Shock

• Renal insufficiency

• Alcoholic hepatitis

• Alcohol abuse

• Antibiotic premedication