Impact of Liver Transplantation on Sexual Life and Function

Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis

Treatments: Other: No Treatment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07268196

IEC/2024/110/MA03

Details and patient eligibility

About

Liver Transplantation (LT) is a lifesaving intervention with around 90% of recipients currently surviving the first postoperative year and subsequent life expectancy now exceeding 20 years. After the post-operative recovery period, however, LT recipients become more and more confronted with the challenges of re-engagement with life after transplantation, a need to reach a new stability, reestablish function in everyday life, reconnect with valued roles, regain independence, and resume work Sexual function is a very important parameter in the evaluation of Quality of Life (QoL), as it has been shown that sexual dysfunction in transplant patients is associated with increased depression and decreased QoL. There are several studies in the relevant literature supporting the recovery of sexual function in patients after liver transplantation. It has been found that recovery was observed in erectile dysfunction in male patients 6 months after liver transplantation.

Full description

Liver Transplantation (LT) is a lifesaving intervention with around 90% of recipients currently surviving the first postoperative year and subsequent life expectancy now exceeding 20 years. After the post-operative recovery period, however, LT recipients become more and more confronted with the challenges of re-engagement with life after transplantation, a need to reach a new stability, reestablish function in everyday life, reconnect with valued roles, regain independence, and resume work Sexual function is a very important parameter in the evaluation of Quality of Life (QoL), as it has been shown that sexual dysfunction in transplant patients is associated with increased depression and decreased QoL. There are several studies in the relevant literature supporting the recovery of sexual function in patients after liver transplantation. It has been found that recovery was observed in erectile dysfunction in male patients 6 months after LT

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Married male Patients.
2. Decompensated Chronic Liver Disease awaiting elective liver transplantation.
3. Post Liver Transplant patients with stable graft function.

Exclusion criteria

1. Negative consent.
2. Patients with ongoing medical and surgical issues (biliary complications, graft complication etc.).
3. Acute on Chronic Liver Failure and Acute Liver Failure patients.

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

Chronic liver Disease

Description:

Chronic Liver disease patients undergoing elective liver transplantation

Treatment:

Other: No Treatment