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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT02467348
Date of registration: 04/06/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India
Public title: Incidence And Outcome Of Paracentesis Induced Circulatory Dysfunction In Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure.
Scientific title: To Study the Incidence And Outcome Of Paracentesis Induced Circulatory Dysfunction In Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure Undergoing Less Than 5 Litres Of Ascitic Fluid Tap With Or Without Albumin Infusion.
Date of first enrolment: March 15, 2015
Target sample size: 80
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02467348
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
India
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. All patients with acute hepatic insult manifesting as jaundice (Sr. Bil. = 5 mg/dL)
and coagulopathy (INR=1.5), complicated within 4 weeks by ascites and/or
encephalopathy in a patient with previously diagnosed or undiagnosed chronic liver
disease (ACLF) admitted in the hospital.

2. All Cirrhotics decompensated with ascites admitted in the hospital.

3. Grade II/III ascites

4. Need for paracentesis.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Age <12 or > 75 years

2. Hepatocellular carcinoma

3. Non cirrhotic ascites such as malignancy or tubercular peritonitis

4. Serum Cr >1.5mg%

5. Refractory septic shock

6. Grade III/IV hepatic encephalopathy

7. Abdominal wall cellulitis

8. Active variceal bleed

9. Respiratory, cardiac and renal failure

10. Refusal to participate in the study



Age minimum: 12 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Acute on Chronic Liver Failure
Intervention(s)
Drug: Albumin
Drug: Ascitic fluid
Primary Outcome(s)
Total number of patients develop Circulatory Dysfunction because of paracentesis. [Time Frame: 1 Year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Survival [Time Frame: 28 days]
Total number of patients develop hyponatremia. [Time Frame: 1 Year]
Changes in aldosterone with volume of ascitic fluid tap [Time Frame: 1 Year]
Changes in plasma renin activity [Time Frame: 1 year]
Total number of patients develop hepatorenal Syndrome. [Time Frame: 1 Year]
Secondary ID(s)
ILBS-ACLF and Cirrhosis-01
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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