NCT01083446

A Nutritional Approach to Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This trial will study a possible effect of standard Israeli breakfast (30% of caloric value and 21 gram protein) on cognitive and executive functions (working memory, visual memory, concentration and coordination), on patients with mild-moderate liver cirrhosis.

Conditions

• Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Nutritional Intervention	Cognitive and executive functions before and after standard israeli breakfast (30% of caloric value and 21 gram protein)
OTHER	Nutritional Intervention	Cognitive and executive functions during fast

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-07-01
• Primary completion: 2010-07-01
• Completion: 2010-08-01
• First posted: 2010-03-09
• Last updated: 2010-03-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel