NCT03427164View on ClinicalTrials.gov

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

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

30

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 16, 2017

Primary Completion Date

May 31, 2021

Study Completion Date

May 31, 2021

Conditions
Portal Hypertension
Interventions
PROCEDURE

Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt

The TIPS procedures creates an artificial shunt from the portal vein to the hepatic vein. TIPS allows blood from the congested portal circulation to bypass the fibrotic liver and directly enter the systemic circulation.

Trial Locations (1)

66160

University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University of Kansas Medical Center

OTHER

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