Active clinical trials for "Varicose Veins"

Number of patients and causes and patterns of recurrent varicose veins in the lower limbs in patients with history of varicose veins stripping or ablation of the superficial venous system.

It will be done a randomized triple-blind study comparing 0,2% polidocanol versus 75% hypertonic glucose of sclerotherapy in lower limbs´ reticular veins. It will be included only adult women with reticular veins on the side of the thighs and mild venous insufficiency (CEAP 1). The primary endpoint will be efficacy, and secondary will be safety.

Varicose veins are enlarged, noticeably bulging veins, which commonly occur in the legs and may cause discomfort. In this study, patients with varicose veins in the legs will be participating. The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of three different concentrations of an investigational drug, polidocanol injectable foam compared to vehicle (inactive solution) in treating the symptoms and appearance of varicose veins.

Varicose veins are a common problem, affecting up to a third of the western adult population. Most suffer with aching, discomfort, pruritis, and muscle cramps, whilst complications include oedema, eczema, lipodermatosclerosis, ulceration, phlebitis, and bleeding. This is known to have a significant negative effect on patient's quality of life (QoL). Surgery has been used for many years, but it is known that there is a temporary decline in QoL post-op. This was demonstrated in our pilot study. Surgery leads to painful and prolonged recovery in some patients and has the risks of infection, haematoma and nerve injury. Recurrence rates are known to be significant. Duplex of veins post surgery has demonstrated persistent reflux in 9-29% of cases at 1 year, 13-40% at 2 years, 40% at 5 years and 60% at 34 years. 26% of NHS patients were 'very dissatisfied' with their varicose vein surgery. Newer, less invasive treatments are being developed. It would be advantageous to find a treatment that avoided the morbidity of surgery, one that could be performed as a day-case procedure under a local anaesthetic, a treatment that could offer lower recurrence rates and allow an early return to work. These should be the aims of any new treatment for varicose veins. Endovenous Laser Treatment (EVLT) is performed under a local anaesthetic and uses laser energy delivered into the vein to obliterate it. The vein therefore need not be tied off surgically and stripped out. The aim of this study is to compare the clinical, cost effectiveness and safety of Surgery and EVLT.

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety of the Varisolve® procedure in patients with right-to-left cardiac shunt (a defect in the heart).

The purpose of this randomised and controlled study is to investigate the effects of Kinesio Taping method and compression stockings, combined with exercise therapy, on pain, edema, functional capacity and quality of life in patients with chronic venous disease. Therefore, the study compares effectiveness of these two methods for chronic venous disease.

This is a one-arm, open label, prospective, single center study to evaluate clinical standardization with Theraclion's Sonovein 2 HIFU device. The original Sonovein device was tested in a clinical trial in 50 subjects and received CE Mark. That device has been updated yielding the current version of Sonovein 2. Based on the technical similarities between both devices in term of design, performance and principle of operation, the clinical data for Sonovein is sufficient to assure conformity of the Sonovein 2 with the respected essential requirements. At the same time, the compagny wishes to pursue the standardisation of the clinical practice with the second generation device and is, therefore, conducting this limited trial in 20 evaluable cases (from the planned 22 patients to be included). A "case" is defined as procedure conducted on a distinct vein.

This study will be comparing the treatment of varicose veins using either mechanochemical ablation (MOCA) or cyanoacrylate adhesive (CAE). Patients will be randomised to receiving either MOCA or CAE. The pain scores, clinical scores, quality of life scores, occlusion and re-intervention rate at 2 weeks, 3, 6 and 12 months as well as the cost effectiveness of each intervention will be assessed.

Varicose veins of lower extremities are the most common disease in vascular surgery, and daytime surgery has gradually become the mainstream of varicose veins of lower extremities. Superficial venous thrombosis is one of the common complications of varicose veins of lower limbs. Current consensus is that patients with superficial venous thrombosis should be treated with standardized anticoagulant therapy to prevent their progression to venous thrombotic disease.SVT patients need standardized anticoagulant therapy for a period of time, while DS is current mainstream treatment of VV. Will the existence of SVT affect the safety and efficacy of DS of VV, leading a need of changing the treatment strategy and carrying out anticoagulant treatment for SVT before DS on VV patients? To date, there is no research on this issue. Therefore, we conducted this study to comprehensively evaluate the safety, feasibility, perioperative and long-term efficacy of DS in VV patients complicated with SVT, and systematically compared patients who had VV only.

Primary Outcomes: assessment of incidence , risk factors and prognosis of post-banding ulcer bleeding following EVL in patients with liver cirrhosis. Secondary Outcomes: minimize post-banding ulcer bleeding