Clinical trials: Hepatic Hydrothorax
Hepatic Hydrothorax
Efficacy & Safety of Pigtail Catheter Drainage Versus Need Based Thoracocentesis for Recurrent Hepatic Hydrothorax.
In cirrhotic patients with recurrent hepatic hydrothorax liver transplantation is a definitive treatment. But a significant number of individual are ineligible for liver transplantation.
- Trial name
- NCT06007820
- Testing
- Large Volume Thoracocentesis, Pigtail Catheter
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India
Portal Hypertension, TIPS
The BD Liverty™ TIPS Stent Graft Study
The objective of the study is to assess the safety and effectiveness of the BD Liverty™ TIPS Stent Graft for the treatment of the complications of portal hypertension from cirrhosis.
- Trial name
- ARCH (NCT05711316)
- Testing
- BD Liverty™ TIPS Stent Graft
- Where
- 26 sites in United States, France and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 177 people
- Sponsor
- C. R. Bard
Pleural Effusion
Catheter Placement for Hepatic Hydrothorax
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an indwelling tunneled pleural catheter (ITPC) in the management of hepatic hydrothorax that is not responsive to conventional medical therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT02595567
- Testing
- Indwelling tunneled pleural catheter (ITPC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Portal Hypertension, Liver Diseases
Achieving Portal Access With Scorpion Post-Approval Study 2
Creation of the parenchymal tract between the portal vein and the hepatic vein is the most difficult and time consuming step in a TIPS procedure.
- Conditions
- Portal Hypertension, Liver Diseases, Ascites Hepatic, Hydrothorax
- Trial name
- APASS2 (NCT06856655)
- Testing
- Scorpion Portal Vein Access Kit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people
- Sponsor
- Argon Medical Devices
Liver Cirrhosis
Thoracoscopic Mesh Repair of Diaphragmatic Defects for Hepatic Hydrothorax
The management of refractory hepatic hydrothorax is challenging and usually unsuccessful. The study will discuss the perioperative treatment, effectiveness, and morphology of diaphragmatic defects of hepatic hydrothorax in…
- Trial name
- NCT02508688
- Testing
- thoracoscopic diaphragmatic repair
- Volunteers
- 63 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Refractory Ascites
Evaluation of Hemodynamic Parameters Following Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
During a TIPS procedure, a shunt or stent (mesh tube) is passed down the jugular vein (the vein above the collarbone in the neck) using fluoroscopy (real time x-rays) guidance.
- Trial name
- NCT04050683
- Testing
- Study - Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS), Control - Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Hepatic Hydrothorax
To Study the Safety and Efficacy of Midodrine With Albumin Versus Albumin Alone in Hepatic Hydrothorax
Hepatic hydrothorax is defined with accumulation of transudate fluid (500 ml) in the pleural cavity in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis but without cardiopulmonary and pleural diseases.
- Trial name
- NCT03645642
- Testing
- Midodrine, Albumin, Diuretics
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India
Pleural Effusion
Pigtail Catheter: a Less Invasive Option for Pleural Drainage of Recurrent Hepatic Hydrothorax
The effectiveness of pigtail catheter as a less invasive option for pleural drainage in patients with resistant hepatic hydrothorax.
- Trial name
- HH (NCT02119169)
- Testing
- Pigtail catheter
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Sherief Abd-Elsalam
Hepatic Hydrothorax
Comparing Outcome of Thoracocentesis and Pigtail Catheter Drainage in Treatment of Patients With Hepatic Hydrothorax
Hepatic hydrothorax (HH) is a pleural effusion that develops in a patient with cirrhosis and portal hypertension in the absence of cardiopulmonary disease (Lv et al., 2018).
- Trial name
- NCT06319547
- Testing
- Thoracocentasis
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sohag University
Portal Hypertension, Liver Diseases
Achieving Portal Access With Scorpion Post-Approval Study (APASS)
Creation of the parenchymal tract between the portal vein and the hepatic vein is the most difficult and time consuming step in a TIPS procedure.
- Conditions
- Portal Hypertension, Liver Diseases, Ascites Hepatic, Hydrothorax
- Trial name
- NCT05765253
- Testing
- Scorpion Portal Vein Access Kit, Cook Transjugular Liver Access Set, Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Argon Medical Devices
Refractory Ascites, Hepatic Hydrothorax
Glutamine Challenge as Predictor of Hepatic Encephalopathy After Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is the first-line therapy for patients with cirrhosis and refractory ascites. However, mental changes known as hepatic encephalopathy (HE) frequently occur after TIPS.
- Conditions
- Refractory Ascites, Hepatic Hydrothorax, Hepatic Encephalopathy, Cirrhosis
- Trial name
- NCT02026609
- Testing
- Oral glutamine challenge, Psychometric Tests
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Canada and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas