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NCT Number: NCT05068713

High Versus Low Blood-Pressure Target in the Post Operative Care of Liver Transplantation A Randomized, Controled, Open and Unicentric Trial.

LIVER PAM

A randomized, controled, open and unicentric trial comparing high (MAP 85-90 mmHg) and low (65-70 mmHg) target of mean arterial pressure in the first 24 hours after liver transplantation.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Hospital Das Clínicas Da Faculdade de Medicina Da Universidade de São Paulo

São Paulo, 05403-000, Brazil

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Older than 18 y
  • Admitted in the ICU for a post operative care after liver transplant

Exclusion criteria

  • Consent refusal
  • Liver transplant due to acute liver failure
  • Renal transplant ( Previous or concomitant)
  • Refusal from the healthcare provider responsible for the patient
  • Renal substitution therapy in the prior 15 days
  • Pregnancy
  • Re-Transplant (Liver transplant in the previous 6 month)
  • Hepatorenal syndrome current treatment (Use of terlipressin + Albumin)
  • Refractory and persistent shock during or after transplant

Treatment and study plan

Usual Care + High Target of Mean Arterial Pressure

Other

Targeting the weaning of vasopressors to a mean arterial pressure of 85-90mmHg in the first 24h after liver trasnplant.

Usual Care

Other

Targeting the weaning of vasopressors to a mean arterial pressure of 65-70mmHg in the first 24h after liver trasnplant.

Primary outcomes

  1. incidence of Acute Kidney Disfunction

    Time frame: 7 days

    Incidence of acute kidney Disfunction according to kdigo criteria.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Mortality

    Time frame: 28 days

    percentage of mortality in 28 days

  2. re-transplant

    Time frame: 28 days

    percentage of re-transplant in 28 days

  3. Lenght of Hospitay Stay

    Time frame: 28 days

    LOS in 28 days

  4. Lenght of ICU Stay

    Time frame: 28 days

    ICU LOS in 28 days

  5. Days alive and out of hospital in 28 days

    Time frame: 28 days

    Number of days alive and out of hospital in 28 days

  6. Substitutive Renal Therapy

    Time frame: 7 days

    percentage of TSR in 7 days

  7. Days Alive and free of renal disfunction

    Time frame: 28 days

    Days Alive and free of renal disfunction in 28 days

  8. Acute kidney insufficiency according to Urinary NGAL on d0 and D2

    Time frame: 0d and 2d

    Percentage of renal disfunction according to NGAL criteria on D0 and D2

  9. MAKE28

    Time frame: 28 days

    Major Kidney Events ( Death, persistent acute kidney disfunction or need of RRT in 28 days)

  10. Liver graft primary disfunction ( Initial Poor Function)

    Time frame: 7 days

    percentage of Initial Poor Function in 7 days

  11. Liver graft primary disfunction (primary nonfunction)

    Time frame: 10 days

    percentage of primary nonfunction in 10 days

  12. Surgical site infection

    Time frame: 28 days

    percentage of SSI in 28 days

  13. Need of Transfusion

    Time frame: 7 days

    percentage of Transfusion requirement in 7 days

  14. Postoperative Major bleeding in 7 days

    Time frame: 7 days

    Bleeding that requires 2 units of blood transfusion in a single day or the need of a reoperation due to bleeding in the first 24 hours after surgery.

  15. Incidence of Arrythmia requiring clinical treatment

    Time frame: 7 days

    percentage of Arrhythmia requiring treatment in 7 days

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

High Versus Low Blood-Pressure Target in the Post Operative Care of Liver Transplantation

Acronym: LIVER-PAM

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Oct 6, 2021
Registry last updated
Jan 17, 2024

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