Status:

UNKNOWN

Body Composition Changes After TIPS and Associated Clinical Outcomes

Lead Sponsor:

Oregon Health and Science University

Conditions:

Cirrhosis, Liver

Sarcopenia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-99 years

Phase:

EARLY_PHASE1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to prospectively assess the impact of TIPS creation on muscle mass and physical function in patients with cirrhosis, and to determine whether these changes correlate with ...

Detailed Description

Sarcopenia (loss of muscle mass) and frailty (loss of muscle function) have increasingly become recognized as major prognostic factors in predicting morbidity and mortality with several disease states...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients \>18 \<99 with cirrhosis wait listed for liver transplantation
  • Evidence of complications of portal hypertension:
  • Ascites or hydrothorax requiring escalation of diuretic medication
  • Persistent ascites or hydrothorax despite diuretic use, or intolerance of diuretic use
  • Gastrointestinal varices and blood loss anemia or history of variceal hemorrhage
  • Portal hypertensive gastropathy and blood loss anemia
  • Chronic portal vein thrombosis requiring recanalization and TIPS for transplant

Exclusion

  • Hepatocellular carcinoma or other active malignancy
  • Recurrent overt hepatic encephalopathy
  • Uncontrolled coagulopathy with maximum amplitude (MA) \<30 on thromboelastography
  • Bacteremia or sepsis
  • MELD \> 25
  • Pregnant
  • Decisionally impaired individuals
  • Need for emergency TIPS creation
  • Patients who do not have acceptable alternatives to TIPS creation to manage their disease

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

22 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05420753

Start Date

May 1 2022

End Date

December 31 2025

Last Update

November 7 2023

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Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239