Metabolomics of Liver Regeneration Following Partial Hepatectomy in Healthy Living Liver Donors

Completed

Conditions studied: Liver Insufficiency

In brief

The PI will study metabolism during liver regeneration in living liver donors

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01922323

Run by

Baylor Research Institute

People needed

20

Starts

2013-08-01

Expected to finish

2016-09-26

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Potential donor must be in excellent medical and psychological health.
• Potential donor must be between the ages of 18 and 60.
• Must have a compatible blood type to the recipient.
• Must have health care coverage for non-donor related health issues that arise post donation
• Recipient and donor must have compatible body size.
• Donors Body Mass Index (BMI) must be less than 30.
• All previous donor abdominal surgeries will be reviewed on a case by case basis by the surgeon.

You may not qualify if…

• Positive blood test for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis C virus, Hepatitis B virus
• The size of the donor liver is not large enough to safely resection and still retain enough volume to function normally after the surgery.
• Liver biopsy show liver cirrhosis or early stages of HCC.

Where it is running

• Baylor University Medical Center — Dallas, Texas, United States

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