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Use of a drug called Pentoxifylline to improve Liver growth in patients after Liver Transplantation

Role of Perioperative Pentoxifylline on Liver Regeneration in Living Donor Liver Transplantation - PENTOX study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/08/092415
Enrollment
75
Registered
2025-08-05
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-08-18

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: K70-K77- Diseases of liver

Interventions

Intervention1: Oral pentoxiphylline 400 mg thrice daily: Oral pentoxiphylline will be started 3 days prior to Liver transplantation and continued till postoperative day 7 Control Intervention1: Placeb

Sponsors

Dr Rela Institute and Medical centre
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: all Living donor liver transplant recipients with an expected graft recipient weight ratio less than 0.8

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Unwilling for participation, acute liver failure and acute on chronic liver failure, MELD score more than 30, chronic kidney disease, cardiac dysfunction such as arrhythmia, heart blocks and coronary artery disease

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
the liver regeneration at POD 8 which will measured by non-contrast three-dimensional computed tomography/magnetic resonance imagingTimepoint: till 8 th postoperative day

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Assessment of the incidence of small for size syndrome 2. Assessment of degree of postoperative liver injury by daily measurement of postoperative serum transaminases, bilirubin and prothrombin time (PT)/international normalized ratio (INR) until POD 7 3. Assessment of other recovery parameters such as length of ICU and hospital stay, Clavien Dindo classification of surgical complications 4. Assessment of adverse drug events directly attributable to the PTXTimepoint: till 8th postoperative day

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSusan Paulin

Dr Rela Institute And Medical Centre

susanvercetti@gmail.com9994519890

Outcome results

None listed

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