Impact Of Timing Of Drainage Of Massive Ascites On Operative And Post-Operative Course In Living-Donor Liver Transplant Recipients. A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.

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• Last refreshed on: 22 August 2016
• Main ID: NCT02867293
• Date of registration: 11/08/2016
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: Mansoura University
• Public title: Impact Of Timing Of Drainage Of Massive Ascites On Operative And Post-Operative Course In Living-Donor Liver Transplant Recipients. A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial. AscitesLDLT
• Scientific title: Impact Of Timing Of Drainage Of Massive Ascites On Operative And Post-Operative Course In Living-Donor Liver Transplant Recipients. A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.
• Date of first enrolment: January 2013
• Target sample size: 80
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02867293
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Egypt

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- liver transplant candidates with tense acsites

Exclusion Criteria:

- severe coagulpathy (INR more than 2 or platlet count less than 50) MELD more than 20



Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Massive Ascites

Intervention(s)

Device: ultrasound

Procedure: operative drainage of ascites through small skin incision after induction of anesthesia

Procedure: ultrasound guided ascitic fluid drainage

Primary Outcome(s)

graft survival [Time Frame: one year]

Secondary Outcome(s)

patient survival [Time Frame: one year]

Secondary ID(s)

Ascites

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors