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Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation

Description

This will be a prospective cohort study of patients with liver disease. Subjects will undergo geriatric assessments of frailty, functional status, and disability using functional status measures at baseline and at every clinic visit in the pre-transplant setting. Subjects will also answer questions regarding quality of life, personality, and/or cognitive function. Subjects will again undergo assessments at every clinic visit through 12 months after transplant. Then, they will be followed annually.

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This will be a prospective cohort study of patients with liver disease. Subjects will undergo geriatric assessments of frailty, functional status, and disability using functional status measures at baseline and at every clinic visit in the pre-transplant setting. Subjects will also answer questions regarding quality of life, personality, and/or cognitive function. Subjects will again undergo assessments at every clinic visit through 12 months after transplant. Then, they will be followed annually.

Functional Assessment in Liver Transplant Candidates (FrAILT) Study

Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation

Condition
End Stage Liver Disease
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Little Rock

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72205

Loma Linda

Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States, 92354

San Francisco

University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, 94143

Chicago

Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

Indianapolis

Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202

Baltimore

Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287

Ann Arbor

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109

New York

Columbia University, New York, New York, United States, 10032

Durham

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710

Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15237

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Adult (≥18 years old)
  • * Are seen for the treatment of liver disease

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of California, San Francisco,

Jennifer C Lai, MD, MBA, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, San Francisco

Study Record Dates

2028-12-31