NCT03592524

Effect of Ramadan Fasting on Muslim Recipients After Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Effect of Ramadan Fasting on Muslim Recipients After Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Single Center Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 45 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ain Shams University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

The study aimed to assess the possibility of Ramadan fasting and to start protocol of adapting immunosupression regiment and scheduled follow up for patients wishing to fast after liver transplantation (LT).

Detailed description

Very limited data in the literature about how to apply Ramadan fasting in the post liver transplant setting. The timing of Ramadan is changeable according to the lunar year and according to time of down and sunset in each country. In Egypt, for example, Ramadan fasting this year started 17th of May and finished 14th June with average fasting hours of 15-16 hours The study aimed to assess the possibility of Ramadan fasting and to start protocol of adapting immunosupression regiment and scheduled follow up for patients wishing to fast after LT.This prospective study included 45 recipients who underwent LT at Ain Shams Center for Organ Transplant (ASCOT), Cairo, Egypt.

Conditions

• Liver Transplantation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Fasting Ramadan	Muslims recipients refrain from eating and drinking anything from dawn until sunset(14-15 hours)

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-05-17
• Primary completion: 2018-06-14
• Completion: 2018-06-21
• First posted: 2018-07-19
• Last updated: 2018-07-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt