Probiotics for the Prevention of Major Complications of Cirrhosis

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether probiotics are effective in the prevention of the complications of liver cirrhosis.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Meir Medical Center
• Collaborator: Ambrosia - SupHerb Ltd.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients with liver cirrhosis with at least one of the followings

1)Major complication of cirrhosis in the past (including variceal bleeding, encephalopathy and SBP) 2)Evidence for portal hypertension 3)Reduced hepatic synthetic function

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Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with alcoholic cirrhosis who still consume alcohol

2. Patients that are chronically treated with antibiotics or lactulose -