LIVER TRANSPLANT

This study is testing whether a doctor-led lifestyle counseling program, combined with two personalized smartphone apps, is practical and helpful for older adults who have received a liver or kidney transplant. Participants first receive 12 weeks of medical advice on healthy eati…

This study is testing a new digital app designed to help young people (ages 14-20) who have had or are waiting for a liver transplant. The app helps them manage their health and medications, especially as they move from pediatric to adult care. Researchers want to see if the app …

This study is testing if the drug cabozantinib can help control liver cancer that has come back in people who previously had a liver transplant. The drug works by blocking proteins that help cancer tumors grow. About 20 participants will take the drug until it stops working or si…

This early-stage study is testing whether a combination of two drugs (everolimus and epoetin) can help stable liver transplant recipients safely reduce and potentially stop their lifelong anti-rejection medications. The goal is to help patients achieve 'operational tolerance' whe…

This study is testing a special machine that keeps donor livers warm and functioning outside the body. The goal is to see if this machine can safely prepare moderately fatty livers, which are often discarded, for transplantation. If successful, this could significantly increase t…

This study is testing whether a promising two-drug cancer treatment is safe for people whose liver cancer returned after a transplant. It will enroll 50 liver transplant patients to see if the treatment can control their advanced cancer without causing their body to reject the tr…

This study is testing whether a new vaccine can prevent cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in people receiving liver transplants. Researchers are giving two vaccine doses before surgery to 416 CMV-negative patients who will receive organs from CMV-positive donors. The main goal is t…

This study is testing if a small, disposable device that gently stimulates nerves in the ear can help reduce pain and the need for strong opioid painkillers after major abdominal surgery or a liver transplant. Researchers will compare the active device to a placebo version in abo…

This study aims to understand the long-term health of children born to mothers who have had a solid organ transplant (like kidney, liver, or heart). Researchers want to see if these children have a higher risk of heart, kidney, or immune system problems later in life, possibly du…

This study aims to understand how blood sugar levels after a liver transplant affect a patient's recovery and the long-term success of the transplant. Researchers will have 40 recent liver transplant patients wear a small, hidden glucose monitor for 30 days after leaving the hosp…