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Completed Not applicable Interventional

Ultrasound Elastography Assessment of Spleen and Liver Stiffness Before and After Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) Procedure

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03427164

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Brief summary

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The primary purpose of this project is to determine if acute monitoring of shunt patency via ultrasound elastography measurements of splenic stiffness before and after TIPS placement results in reduced morbidity and mortality from shunt failure.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03427164
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
30 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Oct 15, 2017
Primary completion
May 30, 2021
Completion
May 30, 2021
Last update posted
Sep 28, 2021

2017 – 2021

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City Kansas 66160

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