Status:

COMPLETED

Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Portosystemic Pressure Gradient Measurements

Lead Sponsor:

Institutul Regional de Gastroenterologie & Hepatologie Prof. dr. Octavian Fodor

Collaborating Sponsors:

Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Conditions:

Cirrhosis

Vascular Diseases

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-85 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Portal hypertension (PHT) is the main consequence of advanced chronic liver diseases (ACLD) and is often associated with severe complications leading to increased morbidity and mortality. Currently, t...

Detailed Description

Number of patients needed to be included: To achieve the first primary objective, the investigators will include 20 patients. To achieve the second primary objective, 30 patients will be included, wi...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • patients with cirrhosis undergoing TIPS placement and patients with presinusoidal portal hypertension and patients with portal vein thrombosis

Exclusion

  • Patient is \< 18 or \> 85 years of age
  • Patient is pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to become pregnant during the course of the study
  • Patient is unwilling or unable to sign and date the informed consent
  • Patient for whom endoscopic procedures are contraindicated
  • Patients for whom propofol general anesthesia is contraindicated
  • Previous transjugular intrahepatic or surgical portosystemic shunt
  • Previous total or partial splenectomy
  • Known history of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) within the last three months irrespective of treatment for SBP
  • Patients with known infection which is not controlled by medical intervention
  • Severe Portopulmonary hypertension contraindicating TIPS placement
  • Cardiac decompensation
  • Cholestatic liver disease
  • Patients with current advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
  • Emergent salvage TIPS placement in patients with failure to control bleeding
  • Severe coagulopathy
  • Anatomic abnormalities of the hepatic vasculature that prevent access to the intrahepatic portion of the portal vein or hepatic veins
  • Evidence of active gastrointestinal bleeding
  • If the volume of ascites in the path of the needle prevents apposition of the gastrointestinal tract and liver
  • Allergies to iodine contrast

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 10 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 20 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

50 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06216509

Start Date

January 10 2023

End Date

December 20 2024

Last Update

February 25 2025

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Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Prof. Dr. O. Fodor

Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania, 400158