Hemostatic powder is highly efficacious as monotherapy and rescue therapy for the management of active gastrointestinal bleeding due to neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions.

This study was carried out for defining the best field of application and the effectiveness of hemostatic powder as the first choice of monotherapy or rescue therapy.

The study recruited 108 participants. Notably, 43 participants were treated with hemostatic powder as either the first choice or rescue therapy, and 65 participants were treated with conventional hemostatic procedures. Comparison was made of the effectiveness of hemostatic powder monotherapy, hemostatic powder rescue therapy, and conventional hemostatic procedures in people with gastrointestinal bleeding.

Malignancy and peptic ulcers were the most frequent sources of bleeding. The immediate and definitive hemostasis rates for hemostatic powder monotherapy and rescue therapy, and conventional hemostatic procedures are shown in Table 1:

Regarding additional intervention between the three groups, no difference was noted.

In people with gastrointestinal bleeding, hemostatic powder exhibits high efficacy in terms of hemostasis rates. Gastrointestinal bleeding linked with a malignancy might be the best field of application of hemostatic powder. However, further confirmatory studies are warranted.