Role of Nutritional Intervention for the Treatment of Sarcopenia in Cirrhotic Patients with Refractory Ascites Candidate to Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Placement and Identification of Prognostic Factors Related to Clinical Outcome

PHASE3RecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

72

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 13, 2022

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2025

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2025

Conditions
Liver CirrhosisRefractory Ascites in Patients with CirrhosisSarcopenia in Liver Cirrhosis
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

12-week nutritional intervention with Friliver dispensing

After TIPS placement patients of the treatment group receive a 12-week nutritional intervention that includes a personalized diet, Friliver dispensing (Dompé; 2 sachets 3 times a day) and a diet diary to report the quantity and quality of the foods eaten every single day.

OTHER

12-week nutritional intervention with personalized diet

After TIPS placement patients of the treatment group receive a 12-week nutritional intervention that includes a personalized diet, Friliver dispensing (Dompé; 2 sachets 3 times a day) and a diet diary to report the quantity and quality of the foods eaten every single day.

OTHER

12-week nutritional intervention with diet diary to report foods eaten.

After TIPS placement patients of the treatment group receive a 12-week nutritional intervention that includes a personalized diet, Friliver dispensing (Dompé; 2 sachets 3 times a day) and a diet diary to report the quantity and quality of the foods eaten every single day.

Trial Locations (2)

3010

RECRUITING

University Clinic for Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, Bern

90127

RECRUITING

IRCCS ISMETT - Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e le Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione, Palermo

All Listed Sponsors
lead

The Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies

OTHER