AI may outsmart current system for liver transplant priority

NCT ID NCT06675604

First seen Jul 29, 2026 · Last updated Jul 30, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This European study is collecting health data from 4,500 adults listed for liver transplantation across 50 centers. The goal is to design and test new AI-based models that predict which patients are most likely to die or become too sick for transplant while waiting. If accurate, these models could replace the current scoring system and improve fairness in organ allocation.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

What this could lead to
If successful, this could lead to fairer and more accurate liver transplant allocation, saving more lives by prioritizing the sickest patients.
What could go wrong
This is an observational data-collection study, not a treatment trial. The AI models may not improve predictions enough to change current practices.

This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.

Get updates

Get notified about this study

Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS are added.

Our safety recommendation!

By submitting, you agree to our Terms of use

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Aou Policlinico di Bari

    RECRUITING

    Bari, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedale - Università Padova

    RECRUITING

    Padova, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo-Forlanini

    RECRUITING

    Rome, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale A. Cardarelli

    RECRUITING

    Naples, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I di Roma

    RECRUITING

    Roma, Italy

  • CHRU Huriez Lille, Department of Hepatology

    RECRUITING

    Lille, 59000, France

  • CHRU Montpellier Saint Eloi, Department of Hepatology

    RECRUITING

    Montpellier, 34295, France

  • CHRU Strasbourg, Chirurgie Hepato-bilio-pancreatique et transplantation hepatique Department

    RECRUITING

    Strasbourg, 67000, France

  • CHU Beaujon, Department of Hepatology

    RECRUITING

    Clichy, 92110, France

  • CHU Bordeaux Haut Levêque, Department of Hepatology

    RECRUITING

    Pessac, 33604, France

  • CHU Dijon, Department of Hepatology

    RECRUITING

    Dijon, 21069, France

  • CHU Jean Minjoz Besançon, Department of Hepatology

    RECRUITING

    Besançon, 25000, France

  • CHU L'Archet Nice, Department of Hepatology

    RECRUITING

    Nice, 06000, France

  • CHU La Pitié Salpêtrière, Department of Hepatology

    RECRUITING

    Paris, 75013, France

  • CHU La Timone AP-HM, Department of Hepatology

    RECRUITING

    Marseille, 13005, France

  • CHU Liège

    RECRUITING

    Liège, Belgium

  • CHU Lyon Croix Rousse, Department of Hepatology

    RECRUITING

    Lyon, 69004, France

  • CHU Paul Brousse, Department of Hepatology

    RECRUITING

    Villejuif, 94800, France

  • CHU Pontchaillou Rennes, Department of Hepatology

    RECRUITING

    Rennes, 35033, France

  • CHU Purpan Toulouse, Department of Hepatology

    RECRUITING

    Toulouse, 31059, France

  • CHU Trousseau Tours, Department of Hepatology

    RECRUITING

    Chambray-lès-Tours, 37170, France

  • Center for Liver Tumors Leiden of the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)

    RECRUITING

    Leiden, Netherlands

  • Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

    RECRUITING

    Berlin, Germany

  • Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc (UCLouvain)

    RECRUITING

    Leuven, Belgium

  • Department for General, Visceral, Pediatric and Transplant Surgery, Universitätsklinikum Aachen

    RECRUITING

    Aachen, Germany

  • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent

    RECRUITING

    Ghent, Belgium

  • Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Hospital Universitario Virgen de La Arrixaca

    RECRUITING

    Murcia, Spain

  • Dipartimento di chirurgia generale e specialistica e dei trapianti, Università degli Studi di Torino

    RECRUITING

    Torino, Italy

  • Division of General Surgery & Abdominal Transplantation, Asst Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda

    RECRUITING

    Milan, Italy

  • Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori

    RECRUITING

    Milan, Italy

  • Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Rotterdam Erasmus Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Rotterdam, Netherlands

  • Gastroenterology department, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti Ismett IRCCS

    RECRUITING

    Palermo, Italy

  • Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases and Endocrinology (GHIE) Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

    RECRUITING

    Hanover, Germany

  • Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico di Modena

    RECRUITING

    Modena, Italy

  • Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana (Via Paradisa)

    RECRUITING

    Pisa, Italy

  • Hepatobiliary Surgery and Transplant Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna

    RECRUITING

    Bologna, Italy

  • Hospital General Universitari València

    RECRUITING

    Valencia, Spain

  • Hospital Henri Mondor, Department of Hepatology

    RECRUITING

    Créteil, 94010, France

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío

    RECRUITING

    Seville, Spain

  • Hospital tor Vergata Roma

    RECRUITING

    Roma, Italy

  • Hôpital Erasme Université Libre de Bruxelles

    RECRUITING

    Brussels, Belgium

  • Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Münster

    RECRUITING

    Münster, Germany

  • Klinik für Allgemeine, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen

    RECRUITING

    Tübingen, Germany

  • Liver Transplant Unit, Surgery and Oncology, University of Verona

    RECRUITING

    Verona, Italy

  • Ospedale Policlinico San Martino

    RECRUITING

    Genova, Italy

  • UZ Leuven

    RECRUITING

    Leuven, Belgium

  • Università Degli Studi di Udine

    RECRUITING

    Udine, Italy

  • Università Politecnica delle Marche

    RECRUITING

    Ancona, Italy

  • Universität Leipzig

    RECRUITING

    Leipzig, Germany

  • Universitätsklinik für Allgemeinchirurgie, Klinische Abteilung für Transplantation

    RECRUITING

    Vienna, Austria

  • Universitätsklinikum Jena

    RECRUITING

    Jena, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Schleswig - Holstein | UKSH · Transplantation Medicine

    RECRUITING

    Kiel, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Würzburg

    RECRUITING

    Würzburg, Germany

More trials for these conditions

Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.