RecruitingNot Applicable

TIPS in Patients With Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis

Germany250 participantsStarted 2019-08-29

Plain-language summary

This is a single center patient registry of patients receiving a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) at Hannover Medical School. By collecting and analyzing clinical data as well as blood samples, the overall aim is to optimize TIPS therapy (e.g. specify selection criteria).

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 99 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Liver cirrhosis * Indication for TIPS insertion * Treatment at the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology of Hannover Medical School * Informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy or Lactation * Age \<18 years * Lack of Informed consent * Symptomatic anemia with Hb \<7g/dl

What they're measuring

Mortality

Timeframe: 1 year

Occurrence of (Minimal) Hepatic Encephalopathy

Timeframe: 1 year

Change in Nutritional Status

Timeframe: 1 year

Change in Quality of Life

Timeframe: 1 year

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04801290

SponsorHannover Medical School

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2027-12

Contact for this trial

Benjamin Maasoumy, PD

+49 511 532-6529 Maasoumy.Benjamin@mha-hannover.de

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