Transitional Care Interventions for Patients With Cirrhosis Post-TIPS

Shihezi University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Fibrosis

Treatments: Behavioral: the prevention of complications post-TIPS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02877953

TCI-2016

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators conducted a randomized controlled trial to describe if multidisciplinary and patient-centered transitional care interventions for patients with cirrhosis post-TIPS can improve compliance behavior and reduce complications post-TIPS after discharge.

Enrollment: 76 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of diagnosis of cirrhosis;
• Child-Pugh Score <10;
• Informed Consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Age <18 years;
• Right ventricular failure;
• Severe systemic infection;
• Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC);
• Terminal disease; and
• Failure to provide written consent to participate in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

---

76 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The conventional care was performed for the patients of control group

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

the prevention of complications post-TIPS

Treatment:

Behavioral: the prevention of complications post-TIPS