ALTA TIPS: A 5-year Longitudinal Observational Study of Patients Undergoing TIPS Placement

Running, not enrolling

Conditions studied: Cirrhosis, Liver, Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)

In brief

ALTA is a multicenter consortium focused on the management of portal hypertension. ALTA TIPS is a longitudinal observational study of patients who are undergoing transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) placement. ALTA will create a database that will provide clinical parameters and outcomes of patients undergoing TIPS as part of their standard of care in hopes of answering key clinical questions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03973372

Run by

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

People needed

852

Starts

2019-06-10

Expected to finish

2027-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects over the age of 18 able to provide consent or have a legally authorized consent in the event the subject is unable to consent due to a transient clinical condition
• Subject scheduled to undergo a TIPS procedure

You may not qualify if…

• Minors under the age of 18 at the time of enrollment
• Prisoners
• Pregnant Women
• Subjects undergoing TIPS placement as part of an investigational study outside of usual clinical care

Where it is running

• University of Arizona — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• Stanford — Redwood City, California, United States
• Scripps Health — San Diego, California, United States
• University of California San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States
• University of Florida — Gainesville, Florida, United States
• Northwestern — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• University of Minnesota — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• Mayo Clinic Rochester — Rochester, Minnesota, United States
• Columbia University — New York, New York, United States
• Weill Cornell — New York, New York, United States
• Baylor Scott & White Liver Consultants of Texas — Dallas, Texas, United States
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center — Dallas, Texas, United States
• University of Wisconsin Madison — Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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