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Interest of an Early Rehabilitation Program in Liver Transplant Surgery

Early Rehabilitation Program in Liver Transplant Surgery: Hospital Discharge at Day 7 in a Targeted Population

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03976765
Acronym
RAC-TH
Enrollment
10
Registered
2019-06-06
Start date
2018-12-17
Completion date
2020-08-11
Last updated
2021-04-15

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Conditions

Liver Transplantation

Brief summary

Monocentric, prospective study to evaluate 10 liver transplanted patients

Detailed description

The improvement of perioperative technics and the prevention of complications with immunosuppression allowed for the development with success of liver transplant. 1322 liver transplants occurred in 2016 in France to 806 in 2000. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) of Rennes became a reference with 122 liver transplants in 2016 being the second liver transplant center in France. Early rehabilitation concept is a multidisciplinary approach (surgical, anesthetic…) that aims to reduce the length of hospital stay and peri operative morbidity/mortality. These programs have first been developed in colorectal surgery before extending to complicated surgery like cephalic duodeno-pancreatectomy or hepatectomy. There are poor data in the literature on early rehabilitation program in liver transplant.

Interventions

OTHERRehabilitation program

The patients follow different rehabilitation programs (surgery, anesthetic, post-operative). Hospital discharge is authorized only after validation of objective, clinical and para clinic criteria

Sponsors

Rennes University Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patient older than 18 years old * First liver transplant * Liver transplant alone * MELD (Model for End stage Liver Disease) score ≤ 15 * CHILD-PUGH score ≤ 8 if cirrhosis * Body Mass Index \< 30 kg/m2 * No history of transplant nor immunosuppression * Absence of ascites nor hydrothorax drain * Absence of treatment for diabetes * Absence of renal insufficiency (glomerular filtration flow \> 60 mL/min) * Family help at home

Exclusion criteria

* Cold ischemia time \> 8 hours * Grafts from type III Maastricht * Super urgent liver transplantation * Perioperative blood transfusion \> 4 packed red blood cells and/or 3 fresh frozen plasma * Arterial anastomosis in splenic artery, in aorta or in coeliac artery * Bilio-digestive anastomosis * Persons deprived of liberty * Pregnant or breastfeeding women

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Number of patients with an hospital discharge at day 7Day 7

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Number of patients readmission in the first monthMonth 1
Number of days of hospitalization during the first month (post-surgery and prehospitalization)Month 1
Number of death in the first monthMonth 1
Satisfaction of the patient in the first monthMonth 1
Number of surgery complications according to Dindo and Clavien classification during the first monthMonth 1

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026