TIPS in Patients With Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis

Hannover Medical School (MHH)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis

Treatments: Procedure: TIPS insertion

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04801290

BM_84982019

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a single center patient registry of patients receiving a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) at Hannover Medical School. By collecting and analyzing clinical data as well as blood samples, the overall aim is to optimize TIPS therapy (e.g. specify selection criteria).

Enrollment: 250 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Liver cirrhosis
• Indication for TIPS insertion
• Treatment at the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology of Hannover Medical School
• Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy or Lactation
• Age <18 years
• Lack of Informed consent
• Symptomatic anemia with Hb <7g/dl

Trial design

250 participants in 1 patient group

TIPS insertion

Treatment:

Procedure: TIPS insertion