Randomized Control Trial Comparing Prokinetics and Their Influence on Endoscopy Outcomes for Upper GI Bleed.

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2014-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This is a study comparing the effect of erythromycin or metoclopramide, 2 prokinetic drugs (Drugs which are known to speed up the emptying of the stomach or in other words to move the blood out of the stomach faster) given before endoscopy to patients with upper Gastrointestinal bleeding compared to patients who will not receive either of these medications before their endoscopy.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso
• Treatments: Erythromycin; Erythromycin Estolate; Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate; Erythromycin stearate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult patients (18-80)

• who are admitted to the ICU for hematemesis, or coffee ground emesis

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients younger than 18 yrs old or older than 80 yrs

2. Patients who refuse to consent to be in our study

3. Pregnant patients

4. Prior use of prokinetics in the last 48 hours

5. History of cardiac arrhythmia

6. Allergy to erythromycin or metoclopromide

7. Patients with QT prolongation (query 7)

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