Actively Recruiting
Transitional Care Program for Fluid Overload in Cirrhosis
Led by Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · Updated on 2026-03-09
20
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
119 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about an intensive monitoring plan (transitional care program) in patients with cirrhosis and excessive swelling that are going to be discharged from the hospital. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: * How much time and what resources are needed to run such a program * How well do patients follow up with the phone calls, bloodwork, and doctor appointments? * Do the patients enrolled in the program have less need for hospitalization later, less kidney injury, better fluid control, and/or better survival compared to patients that are not in the program? Participants will * Be given a digital scale and a binder with educational material and a log to monitor their weights after discharge from the hospital * Receive a phone call from the study team within 72 hours of discharge and weekly * Be given a follow up appointment with hepatology within 4 weeks of discharge Researchers will compare participants in this program to patients that receive normal care to see if there are differences in need for hospitalization later, kidney injury, fluid control, and/or survival.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Transitional Care Program for Fluid Overload in Cirrhosis
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients > 18 years of age.
- Inpatient at Penn State Health, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
- Diagnosis of cirrhosis.
- Hospitalized with fluid overload (ascites and/or significant anasarca/edema) requiring diuretic therapy.
- English speaking
You will not qualify if you...
- Placement of a TIPS.
- Ascites from an etiology other than cirrhosis, such as malignancy, heart failure, pancreatitis, nephrotic syndrome.
- Non-English speaking
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
K
Karen L Krok, MD
CONTACT
S
Shannon F Dalessio
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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