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Changes in Body Composition and Nutritional Status in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation

NCT02023190 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2020-03-02

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Aldo Torre, MD MSci · Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran

  • Astrid Ruiz-Margáin, M.Sci · Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-03
Primary Completion
2020-12-31
Completion
2022-12-31

Countries

  • Mexico

Study Locations

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Diseases

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