K74.3
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Control arm
Patients undergo laboratory and nutrition-related assessments, including body composition analysis and questionnaires on fatigue and quality of life, at baseline, 6 months, and 12
Sponsors
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Proven primary biliary cholangitis
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Another autoimmune disease of the liver, which is not primary biliary cholangitis. Defibrillator Structural cardiac diseases Clinically significant anemia (Hb 15 points Lack of consent from the patient Severe and immediately life-threatening malnutrition in which harm cannot be averted without intervention
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Following the structured nutritional intervention, fatigue levels differed between the intervention and control groups, as assessed by the PBC-40 and mFIS scores at 6 and 12 months. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| In the cross-sectional design, patients with fatigue show a higher rate of objective criteria of malnutrition compared to patients without fatigue. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactClaudia Veltkamp
Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Transplantationsmedizin
Outcome results
None listed