Comment on: Continuous versus intermittent anticoagulation during endoscopic treatment of esophageal varices in cirrhosis: a randomized controlled trial
Janis Fernandes, Sanchit Sharma, Rohit Gupta · 2026
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Janis Fernandes and co-authors wrote a letter to the editor in 2026 raising doubts about a trial of blood thinning during scope care for liver vein bleeds. The trial, by He and co-authors, reported that steady thinning beat on and off dosing. It found fewer rebleeds and better survival at 12 months in people with liver scarring and a fresh vein clot.
The letter argues that the report reads as a side slice of a larger trial rather than a stand alone trial built for this question. Main goals shifted over time with no clear public record of the change, and no prior plan for this slice was shown. Such limits make the claims early hints at best, not firm proof for care.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Janis Fernandes, Sanchit Sharma, Rohit Gupta |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3611 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |