A UK study of minimally invasive emergency treatment of sudden bleeding from the lower bowel

A multi-centre retrospective observational study investigating outcomes after emergency transcatheter arterial embolisation for acute non-variceal lower GI bleeding

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN18144604

Enrollment

800

Registered

2026-04-15

Start date

2026-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-05-19

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Patients who have undergone angiography +/- embolisation for acute non-variceal lower GI haemorrhage. Circulatory System

Interventions

Data will be collected by a named doctor as part of the IR trainee research collaborative (UNITE) or interventional radiology trainees, junior doctors and medical students at each participating centre

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

16 Years to 150 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Adult patients (aged 16 years or more) undergoing emergency embolisation for acute non-variceal lower GI bleeding 2. Date of procedure from 01/01/2023 to 01/06/2025

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who underwent embolisation for variceal GI bleeding 2. Patients who underwent embolisation for upper GI bleeding 3. Patients who underwent embolisation for chronic gastrointestinal bleeding (defined as >30 days)

Countries

Australia, England, Ireland, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Singapore, United Kingdom, Wales

Contacts

Public ContactDeevia Kotecha

deevia.kotecha@gmail.com-

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: May 22, 2026