Effect of Large Volume Paracentesis on Fatigue in Cirrhosis

Fatigue Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Large Volume Paracentesis on Fatigue in Cirrhosis

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00603200
• Other study ID #: 0701008974
• Status: Withdrawn
• Start date: January 2008
• Est. completion date: December 2009

Study information

• Verified date: December 2023
• Source: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purposeof this study is to determine the effect of a large volume paracentesis (procedure in whihc a catheter is placed to remove fluid from the abdomen) on the severity of fatigue i patients with cirrhosis (severe scarring of the liver) and large volume ascites (fluid in the abdomen).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: December 2009
• Est. primary completion date: June 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• ambulatory patient with cirrhosis

• baseline Cr <2

• ability to complete psychometric testing

• refractory ascites

Exclusion Criteria:

• Cr >2

• history of Gastrointestinal bleed

• history of infection

• history of renal failure

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Ascites
• Cirrhosis
• Fatigue
• Fibrosis
• Liver Cirrhosis

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	New York Presbyterial, Weill Cornell medical College	New York	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Improvement in Fatigue symptomatology, as defined by fatigue questionnairre		instantly
Secondary	Improvement in sleep		post paracentesis