Status:
COMPLETED
Validation of BIVA for Nutritional Assessment in Cirrhotic Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
Conditions:
Liver Cirrhosis
Malnutrition
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-70 years
Brief Summary
Despite the importance of nutritional status in patient's outcome, there is no gold standard for nutritional assessment. Traditional techniques used in healthy subjects to assess nutritional status ca...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Diagnose of liver cirrhosis by two or more of the following criteria:
- Albumin \< 3.4 g/dL
- INR ≥ 1.3
- Total bilirubin ≥ 2 mg/dL
- Portal hypertension (esophageal varices, splenomegaly, ascites, etc.)
- Liver biopsy
- Ambulatory patients
Exclusion
- Personal history of surgery in the last four weeks
- Thyroid disorders without replacement therapy
- Pregnancy
- Active alcoholism with alcohol ingest in the previous 6 months.
- Acute or chronic renal failure
- Hepatic or renal transplant
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2010
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
250 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01872793
Start Date
January 1 2010
End Date
September 1 2016
Last Update
October 10 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirán"
Mexico City, Mexico, 14000