TIROL: Does Terlipressin Improve Renal Outcome After Liver Surgery
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The investigators aim to address whether terlipressin improves the renal outcome after liver surgery. Therefore the investigators are planning to conduct a double-blinded randomized control trial. The investigators will randomize patients undergoing any kind of liver surgery and being at increased moderate to high risk for post-operative acute renal failure into a control group receiving post- operative a placebo or into a group receiving post-operatively terlipressin in combination with human albumin.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Phase 2 |
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Placebo Comparator: Control Group Patients receiving post-operative placebo (Ringer lactate solution) treatment to preserve the renal function |
Drug: Placebo
Patients are receiving a post-operative intravenous Ringer's lactate solution
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Experimental: Terlipressin Group Patients receiving a post-operative intravenous terlipressin treatment in association with human albumin to preserve the renal function |
Drug: Terlipressin
Patients are receiving a post-operative intravenous terlipressin treatment in association with human albumin to preserve the renal function
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- serum creatinine peak level within 48 hours post-operative [within 48 hours post-operative]
Secondary Outcome Measures
- the urinary output/24h [Post Operative Day 0 to 3]
- Need for hemofiltration and/or hemodialysis [Post Operative Day 0 - 14]
participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 14 days
- Morbidity & mortality [Post Operative Day 0 - 14]
measured by the comprehensive complication index; participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 14 days
- Liver function [Post Operative Day 0 - 5]
assessed by serum levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
- length of hospital stay [Post Operative Day 0 - 14]
in days; participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 14 days
- length of ICU stay [Post Operative Day 0 - 7]
in days; participants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 7 days
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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=12% risk for post-operative ARF on our recently developed and validated prediction score for ARF after liver surgery, patients will need five points or more in the pre-operative assessment of the predictors to be enrolled in the trial
Exclusion Criteria:
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< 18 years
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liver cirrhosis
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coronary insufficiency with ST-elevation or ST-depression in the - - intra-operative ECG as signs of an acute coronary syndrome
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pregnancy and breast feed
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery of the University Hospital of Zurich | Zurich | Switzerland | 8091 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- University of Zurich
Investigators
- Study Director: Pierre-Alain Clavien, MD PhD, Departement of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery Zurich
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- 2012-0581