- Patients must be men or nonpregnant women at least 18 years of age
- Patients who present with a gastric or duodenal ulcer (major dimension of the ulcer
must be ≥ 5 mm and ≤ 20 mm) with endoscopic appearance of spurting, oozing, or
nonbleeding visible vessel (NBVV) Patients presenting with adherent protruding clot
are eligible if, after removal of the clot by irrigation, the underlying lesion is
classified as spurting, oozing or a NBVV. Patients with an actively bleeding ulcer or
a NBVV within a hiatal hernia are eligible if the ulcer is located below the Z-line)
- Patients with ulcer appearance of clean base (non-oozing, non-spurting) or flat
pigmented spot; adherent clots not removed by irrigation
- Patients presenting with active bleeding and/or NBVV at 2 or more separate sites
- Patients with any severe concomitant diseases, eg, end-stage liver or renal disease,
or unstable cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, hepatic, or gastrointestinal diseases