NCT00603200

Effect of Large Volume Paracentesis on Fatigue in Cirrhosis

The Effect of Large Volume Paracentesis on Fatigue in Cirrhosis

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purposeof this study is to determine the effect of a large volume paracentesis (procedure in whihc a catheter is placed to remove fluid from the abdomen) on the severity of fatigue i patients with cirrhosis (severe scarring of the liver) and large volume ascites (fluid in the abdomen).

Conditions

• Ascites
• Fatigue
• Cirrhosis

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-01-01
• Primary completion: 2008-06-01
• Completion: 2009-12-01
• First posted: 2008-01-28
• Last updated: 2023-12-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States