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Study of thickness of tongue in patients with end stage liver disease

Study of tongue thickness by ultrasound and its relation with severity of disease in patients with cirrhosis of liver

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2017/10/010103
Enrollment
120
Registered
2017-10-16
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- Patients with cirrhosis of liver

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Manish Tandon
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with cirrhosis of liver visiting hospital for treatment and Healthy Individuals visiting hospital for unrelated reasons

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Individuals refusing participation and those with glossitis of tongue

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Difference in Muscle mass as measured using measure of tongue between healthy and diseased individuals as a marker of sarcopenia.Timepoint: Difference in Muscle mass as measured using measure of tongue between healthy and diseased individuals as a marker of sarcopenia. Study of prevelance of sarcopenia in diffrent severity of liver diasease and correlation with outcome of disease over 6 months follow up—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Study of prevalence of sarcopenia in different severity of liver disease and correlation with outcome of disease over 6 months follow upTimepoint: First contact upon enrollment into the study and subsequent folow up of patients only and not the healthy individuals over next 6 months—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactManish Tandon

ILBS

manishtandon25@rediffmail.com1146300000

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026