Causes of Disqualification of Egyptian Potential Living Liver Donors

Completed

• Conditions: Donors Safety

• Registration Number: NCT01809249
• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams University

Brief Summary

Due to absence of Deceased-donors in Egypt, Living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has emerged as an option to the traditional deceased-donor transplantation procedure. But there is an essential risk related to liver resection for healthy donors.

Detailed Description

The aim of this work is to identify and analyze the causes of disqualification of potential Egyptian living liver-donors in a University based liver transplant program

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-06
• Primary Completion: 2012-06
• Study Completion: 2012-06
• Status Verified: 2013-03
• Study First Submitted: 2013-03-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-03-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-03-09
• Study First Posted: 2013-03-12
• Last Update Posted: 2013-03-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 192

Inclusion Criteria

• All potential living liver donors in the period from June 2010 to June 2012

  1. Age between 18 and 50 years
  2. Relationship within 3rd degree of consanguinity with recipient or spouse.
  3. The donor-recipient pair must be blood group compatible.
  4. An informed consent should be obtained.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with nknown mrsdical or surgical history that interfere with donation

  • Underlying medical condition (diabetes, cardiopulmonary disease, etc.).
  • ABO incompatibility

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
causes of disqualification of potential Egyptian living liver-donors	2 years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ain Shams Center For Organ Transplantation (ASCOT),Ain Shams university; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt