Status:

UNKNOWN

Early Postoperative CRRT After Liver Transplantation in ACLF Patients With Overt HE

Lead Sponsor:

Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University

Conditions:

Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure

Hepatic Encephalopathy

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Pretransplant hepatoencephalopathy (HE) markedly impacts recipient outcomes after liver transplantation. Intraoperative CRRT showed benefits but feasibility was much concerned. This study aims to obse...

Detailed Description

Hepatoencephalopathy (HE) is a common severe decompensation in end stage liver diseases and resulted to the need of liver transplantation (LT). Pretransplant HE markedly impacts recipient outcomes aft...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Liver transplant recipients who meet all of the following criteria will be enrolled
  • Pre transplant liver failure: Total bilirubin over 171μmol/L and prothrombin activity (PTA)\<40%;
  • Overt hepatic encephalopathy(HE): Grade II or higher HE according West Haven classification;
  • HE associated with acute liver failure (Type A) or cirrhosis complicated with portal hypertension and/or portal systemic shunts (Type C)

Exclusion

  • Patients with a previous history of kidney-related diseases and glomerular filtration rate \<30 millilitre per minute;
  • Patients with acute renal failure need CRRT before transplantation;
  • Patients newly developed acute renal failure need CRRT at the time of randomization;
  • Retransplantation or multiple-organs transplantation;
  • Any ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke co-morbidity;
  • Hemodynamic instability requiring fluid resuscitation or very high dose of vasopressors;
  • Extremely moribund patients with an expected life expectancy of less than 24 hours.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

August 31 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

250 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04317222

Start Date

June 1 2020

End Date

August 31 2022

Last Update

March 23 2020

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