Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation

Launched by BAYLOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE · Mar 7, 2019

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial, titled "Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation," is studying how a patient's functional status, or level of frailty, affects their outcomes before and after receiving a liver transplant. The goal is to create fair and scientific ways to assess frailty in people with severe liver disease (cirrhosis) to help determine who should receive a transplant. This is especially important because current methods have not been tailored to this specific group of patients, who might experience faster declines in their health.

To participate in the trial, you need to be an adult (18 years or older) who is either already on the liver transplant list or has been evaluated and approved to be listed when they reach the right priority. You should also be able to visit an outpatient clinic for your appointments. However, if you have severe liver-related confusion (called hepatic encephalopathy), you won’t be eligible to join. Participants will undergo various assessments to measure their functional status, and the findings will help improve the liver transplant process for everyone.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Adults (≥18 years old)
• • Listed for liver transplantation, or are "listable" - i.e, have undergone formal evaluation and been approved for listing if/when patients achieve high enough priority
• • Are seen in the outpatient clinic setting
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Have severe hepatic encephalopathy at enrollment (defined by the time to complete the Numbers Connection Test (NCT) \> 120 seconds, which is the first test that the participants complete upon enrollment).