Status:
COMPLETED
Ischemic Preconditioning of Liver in Cadaver Donors
Lead Sponsor:
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Conditions:
Liver Cirrhosis
Liver Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The long-term goals of this proposal are to develop clinical protocols of donor preconditioning to improve liver graft function and ameliorate complications of poor graft function after liver transpla...
Detailed Description
Specific Aims 1. To test the hypothesis that 10 minutes of hepatic ischemic preconditioning in deceased donors would improve liver graft function and decrease injury in the early post transplant peri...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- \- Deceased donor livers allocated to adult (\> 18 years of age) recipients at the research site.
Exclusion
- Deceased donor livers allocated to recipients at centers other than the research site.
- Deceased donor livers allocated to recipients \< 18 years of age at the research site.
- Non-heart beating donors
- Deceased liver and small intestine donors
- Live liver donors.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00245830
Start Date
October 1 2003
End Date
March 1 2007
Last Update
January 19 2015
Active Locations (1)
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University Hospital
Newark, New Jersey, United States, 07101