Status:

UNKNOWN

Impact of Melatonin in the Pretreatment of Organ Donor and the Influence in the Evolution of Liver Transplant.

Lead Sponsor:

Aragon Institute of Health Sciences

Collaborating Sponsors:

Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria

Conditions:

Evidence of Liver Transplantation

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-68 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Impact of melatonin on organ donor pretreatment and liver transplant recipient: prospective, randomized, double-blind trial. OBJECTIVES. To establish the efficacy of the melatonin administered to enc...

Detailed Description

This study will be done in the Hospital Clinico Lozano Blesa (Zaragoza, Spain), promoted by the Health Science Aragon Institute and its principal investigator is F. Agustín García Gil (Surgical Servic...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • A) Donors
  • Encephalic-death (ED) organ donor who is situated in the ICUs of accredited hospitals in Zaragoza and meets each and every one of the following criteria.
  • Being 16 years old or older.
  • Informed consent for the donation signed by the immediate family.
  • Informed consent for inclusion of the donor in the study .
  • Receive intensive treatment and standard maintenance of the donor in ED, in accordance with universally accepted protocols of the Organizacion Nacional de Trasplantes (ONT), of the Aragon Autonomous Transplant Coordination, and of the ICUs and the participating hospitals in the study.
  • B) Liver transplant recipients
  • Being 18 years old or older and being less than 68 years of age.
  • Informed consent for the procedure of LT signed.
  • Informed consent for patient inclusion in the study, signed the same day that consent to the LT.

Exclusion

  • A) Donors
  • A potential encephalic-death organ donor will not be included in the study if either of the following criteria:
  • Absence of either signed informed consent: for organ donation or for inclusion in the study.
  • No standard concomitant treatment and management of donor in ED.
  • B) Liver transplant recipients
  • Absence of either signed informed consent: for liver transplantation or for inclusion in the study.
  • Split, domino or multiorgan transplantation.
  • Grafts removed by other surgical teams.
  • Pregnant women or fertile not using contraceptive measures highly effective.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01860716

Start Date

May 1 2013

End Date

December 1 2013

Last Update

May 23 2013

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Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa

Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain, 50009