CompletedNot Applicable

Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Study

United States2,470 participantsStarted 2004-10

Plain-language summary

There are two principal purposes of this study: 1) to determine whether it is more beneficial for a liver transplant recipient candidate to pursue a living donor liver transplant (LDLT) or wait for a deceased donor liver transplant (DDLT), and 2) to study the impact of liver donation on the donor's health and quality of life.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria - Potential Recipients: * Potential recipient listed for single organ (liver) transplantation * Patient is eligible for LDLT * Age ≥ 18 years old at the time of donor history and physical exam * Indication for transplant: non-fulminant liver disease * Potential donor scheduled for evaluation (history and physical examination) within four weeks Inclusion Criteria - Potential Donors: * Meet donor criteria of the transplant center * Age \>= 18 years old at donation * Be evaluated with a history and physical examination at the transplant center * Potential donor's recipient listed for single organ (liver) transplantation

What they're measuring

Survival of the potential liver transplant recipient

Timeframe: Time from living donor evaluation to death

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00096733

SponsorArbor Research Collaborative for Health

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2010-08

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