Pentoxifylline does not decrease short-term mortality but does reduce complications in patients with advanced cirrhosis.

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Published in Gastroenterology on January 25, 2010

Authors

Didier Lebrec1, Dominique Thabut, Frederic Oberti, Jean-Marc Perarnau, Bertrand Condat, Helene Barraud, Faouzi Saliba, Nicolas Carbonell, Philippe Renard, Marie-Jose Ramond, Richard Moreau, Thierry Poynard, Pentocir Group

Author Affiliations

1: INSERM, Unité 773, Centre de Recherche Biomédicle Bichat-Beaujon CRB3, Paris, France and Service d'Hépatologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France. didier.lebrec@inserm.fr

Associated clinical trials:

Clinical Trial of Pentoxifylline in Patient With Cirrhosis (PENTOCIR) | NCT00162552

Pentoxifylline Therapy in Biliary Atresia | NCT01774487

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