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HepHospital: A Pilot Trial of a Hepatology Home Hospital Intervention for Patients With Advanced Liver Disease
Led by Massachusetts General Hospital · Updated on 2025-07-24
30
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
75 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This research study is evaluating a program that entails a healthcare at home intervention for people with advanced liver disease.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
HepHospital: A Pilot Trial of a Hepatology Home Hospital Intervention for Patients With Advanced Liver Disease
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Adult patients 18 years or older with cirrhosis diagnosed by histology, radiology, or elastography
- Presenting to the emergency department or inpatient general medicine service
- Have at least one of the following: ascites requiring diuretics or serial large volume paracenteses, hepatic hydrothorax requiring diuretics, or hepatic encephalopathy requiring medications
You will not qualify if you...
- History of solid organ transplantation
- Currently on hemodialysis
- MELD score greater than 20
- Score less than 10 on Simplified Animal Naming Test (S-ANT1)
- Current admission for hemodynamically significant gastrointestinal bleeding or alcohol withdrawal
- Require routine administration of controlled substances
- Deemed ineligible by MGH Home Hospital, inpatient medicine, or hepatology clinician evaluation
- Meet any existing Mass General Brigham home hospital exclusion criteria
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
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2
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
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Research Team
N
Nneka Ufere, MD, MSCE
CONTACT
W
William Munroe, BA
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
1
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