Tranexamic Acid for The Treatment of Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Status:
Suspended
Trial end date:
2020-09-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Studies showed that in cases of gastrointestinal bleeding, injection tranexamic acid
decreasing the risk of death and the need of surgical intervention. However, the quality of
most clinical trials were not good and the results were not significant. Injection tranexamic
acid does not become one of the treatment option in the international guidelines nor in
national consensus, so the effectiveness and the safety of its use in the treatment of
gastrointestinal bleeding remains unclear and not routinely used.
In Indonesia, injection tranexamic acid in gastrointestinal bleeding is limitedly used and
recorded. Therefore, a clinical trial study of injection tranexamic acid is required to
assess the effectiveness and the safety in the treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding.