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UnknownNCT02023190
Changes in Body Composition and Nutritional Status in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation
Changes in Body Composition and Nutritional Status Assessed by Bioelectrical Impedance Vector Analysis in Cirrhotic Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 60 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Liver transplant is the goal treatment for every patient with end-stage chronic liver disease. Quality of life improves after transplant because the main complications of end-stage liver disease disappear, but due to immunosuppression other alterations appear such as metabolic alterations, weight gain, among others. Body composition and nutritional status can be affected do to post-transplant pharmacologic therapy.
Detailed description
Body composition and nutritional status can be affected due to post-transplant pharmacologic therapy. This is a prospective cohort study, patients from liver transplant waiting list will be assessed, pre and post-transplant measures of body composition and nutritional status will be obtained.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2019-01-03
- Primary completion
- 2020-12-01
- Completion
- 2022-12-01
- First posted
- 2013-12-30
- Last updated
- 2020-03-02
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Mexico
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02023190. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.