Blood-Cleansing treatment tested as lifeline for critically ill liver patients
NCT ID NCT03702920
Summary
This study tested whether a blood-filtering treatment called plasma exchange could help people survive a sudden, life-threatening worsening of chronic liver disease. About 275 very sick patients were randomly assigned to receive either standard medical care alone or standard care plus the plasma exchange treatment. The main goal was to see if adding this treatment improved survival rates within 90 days.
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Locations
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ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda
Milan, 20162, Italy
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ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII
Bergamo, 24127, Italy
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Aurora Health Care, Inc.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53215, United States
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Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova
Padua, 35128, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I
Roma, 161, Italy
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States
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Centre Hépato-Biliaire - Hôpital Universitaire Paul Brousse
Villejuif, 94804, France
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Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte
Lisbon, 1649-028, Portugal
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Centro Hospitalar do Porto
Porto, Portugal
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Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Hannover Medical School
Hanover, 30625, Germany
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Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
Barcelona, 08036, Spain
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Hospital General Gregorio Marañón
Madrid, 28007, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
Madrid, 28034, Spain
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Hospital Universitario del Valle Hebron
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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Hôpital Beaujon
Clichy, 92110, France
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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
London, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom
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Klinikum der Universitaet Muenchen
München, 81377, Germany
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Mayo Clinic Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona, 85054, United States
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Mayo Clinic Rochester
Rochester, New York, 55905, United States
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McGuire VA Medical Center
Richmond, Virginia, 23249, United States
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Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, A-1090, Austria
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Milano Hospital Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Milan, 20122, Italy
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Nottingham University Hospital
Nottingham, NG72UH, United Kingdom
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Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust Hospital
London, NW3 2QG, United Kingdom
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Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School
Newark, New Jersey, 07101, United States
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Southern California Research Center
Coronado, California, 92118, United States
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UZ Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg
Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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Universitaetsklinikum Leipzig
Leipzig, 4103, Germany
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University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital
Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States
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University of Kansas
Kansas City, Kansas, 66045, United States
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University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, United States
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
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University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, 98195, United States
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Universitätsklinikum Bonn
Bonn, 53105, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt
Frankfurt, 60590, Germany
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Université libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, 1070, Belgium
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