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

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Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirán"

Mexico City, Mexico, 14000