Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation — FrAILT  

Cirrhosis Clinical Trial

Official title: Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

In order to ensure the equity of the liver allocation process, it is important to create objective, scientifically validated markers of frailty in patients with end-stage liver disease that accurately predict patient outcomes. Many measures have been developed to assess this clinical state in elderly patients, but none have been applied to patients with cirrhosis, a population at increased risk for accelerated functional decline. This protocol is designed to learn more about the effects of functional status (also known as "frailty") in liver transplant patients and patient outcomes both before and after liver transplant.

Clinical Trial Description

Subjects in this study will be asked questions regarding functional status and ability to do activities at home. Subjects will also be asked to complete several physical tests to assess functional status. For example, subjects will be asked to stand up from a chair several times, balance with their feet together, and walk down a hall as quickly as possible. Subjects will also be asked to perform a hand grip strength test.

Subjects will be assessed at baseline and at every clinic visit in the pre-transplant setting. Subjects will again be assessed at 3, 6, and 12 months post-transplant. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cirrhosis
• End Stage Liver Disease
• Liver Diseases

• NCT number: NCT03870568
• Study type: Observational
• Source: Baylor Research Institute
• Contact: Karen D Castro
• Phone: 214-820-6243
• Email: karen.castro@BSWHealth.org
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: October 6, 2015
• Completion date: December 2025