Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02719210
High Volume Plasma Exchange in Children With Acute Liver Failure and Acute on Chronic Liver Failure
High Volume Plasma Exchange in Children With Acute Liver Failure and Acute on Chronic Liver Failure-A Prospective Pilot Study.
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 75 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 1 Year – 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
All the children with acute liver failure who are candidates for transplant but have constraints for transplant will be randomized either to receive standard medical therapy or high volume plasma exchange along with standard medical therapy with the aim to assess the effect of high volume plasma exchange on transplant free survival.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BIOLOGICAL | High Volume Plasma Exchange | |
| DRUG | Hypertonic 3% saline | |
| DRUG | Mannitol | |
| DEVICE | Elective positive pressure ventilation |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2018-11-30
- Completion
- 2018-11-30
- First posted
- 2016-03-25
- Last updated
- 2018-12-06
Locations
1 site across 1 country: India
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02719210. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.