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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01099293
Date of registration: 30/03/2010
Primary sponsor: Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
Public title: Cerebrovascular Reactivity in Hepatic Encephalopathy
Scientific title: Correlation Between Cerebrovascular Reactivity and Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients With Cirrhosis
Date of first enrolment: March 2010
Target sample size: 90
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01099293
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional  
Countries of recruitment
Mexico
Contacts
Name:   Aldo Torre-Delgadillo, M.D., M.Sc.
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Affiliation:  Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Clinical diagnosis of Liver Cirrhosis

Exclusion Criteria:

- Personal history of surgery in the last 4 weeks

- Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, COPD or liver metabolic diseases
(Wilson's disease and hemochromatosis)

- Personal history of stroke and/or cancer

- Use of neuropsychiatric drugs

- Neuropsychiatric disorders (Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, dementia and
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder)

- Thyroid disorders without replacement therapy

- Hepatic or renal transplant

- Alcoholism with active ingest of alcohol in the last 6 months

- Pregnancy

- Labour turn-overs



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 69 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hepatic Encephalopathy
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Impaired cerebrovascular reactivity identified with transcranial Doppler ultrasonography of the Media Cerebral Artery. [Time Frame: At time of recruitment (first 3 months)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Blood samples to measure ammonium, , renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, endotoxemia and Sb100 [Time Frame: At time of recruitment (3 months)]
Hepatic encephalopathy stage I identified clinically and PHES and CFF. [Time Frame: At time of recruitment (first 3 motnhs)]
Minimal Hepatic encephalopathy identified with psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score (PHES) and Critical Flicker Frequency (CFF). [Time Frame: At time of recruitment (first 3 months)]
Secondary ID(s)
GAS-100-09/10-1
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Council of Science and Technology, Mexico
Secretaria de Salud, Mexico
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