Status:
COMPLETED
A Study of the Effect of Plasmaexchange in Patients With Acute Liver Failure
Lead Sponsor:
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Conditions:
Acute Liver Failure
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to examine if high-volume plasma exchange has a positive effect on mortality in patients with acute liver failure.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with acute liver failure in encephalopathy grade 2-4
Exclusion
- alcoholic hepatitis
- primary non function liver graft or graft dysfunction
- known chronic liver disease
- known malignancies
- clinical suspicion of brain death
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 1998
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
183 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00950508
Start Date
June 1 1998
End Date
July 1 2009
Last Update
November 5 2014
Active Locations (3)
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1
Department of Hepatology, Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, DK, Denmark, 2100
2
Department of Transplantation and Liver Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki, Finland
3
Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital
London, United Kingdom