Risk and Protective Factors for Relapse to Alcohol Use in Patients With Liver Disease Undergoing Liver Transplantation

Scientific Institute for Research Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Orthotopic Liver Transplantation; Alcohol Related Liver Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06749990

RICADUTA

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is an observational, monocentric study, consisting of both a retrospective and a prospective component. The aim of the study is to identify risk and protective factors for alcohol relapse in patients with alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD) who have undergone orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT).

Full description

For the retrospective part of the study, clinical data will be collected and analyzed from patients diagnosed with ARLD and with components of exotoxicity who underwent liver transplantation in the past five years. This data will be obtained from patient medical records, including results from laboratory tests and multidisciplinary outpatient consultations conducted as part of routine clinical practice.

The prospective phase of the study will involve the consecutive enrollment of patients diagnosed with ARLD or with exotoxicity-related etiological components who are undergoing liver transplantation at the IRCCS AOUBO. Four patient assessment points are planned, which will take place during routine follow-up visits already scheduled as part of the patient's care pathway. During these visits, data will be collected on the patient's medical history, laboratory and/or histological results, as well as diagnostic and surgical information. Additionally, through the administration of clinical questionnaires, data will be gathered on the patient's psychiatric-psychological status, history of exotoxicity, and psychosocial background.

Enrollment: 320 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who have signed the informed consent
• Candidates for liver transplantation due to liver disease with alcohol-related etiology (either mono- or multifactorial)
• For the retrospective part: patients who underwent OLT for ARLD during the time frame 2017-2022

Exclusion criteria

• Major psychopathologies and active psychoses