LIVER TRANSPLANT

This study is testing whether a doctor-led lifestyle counseling program, supported by two personalized smartphone apps, is practical and helpful for older adults who have received a liver or kidney transplant. The program aims to improve healthy eating and physical activity habit…

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 vaccine given before liver transplant surgery can prevent cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection afterward. The vaccine is being given to 416 people who need liver transplants and have never had CMV before. Researchers want to see if the vaccine reduces h…

This study is testing if a small, disposable device placed on the ear can help reduce pain and the need for opioid painkillers after major abdominal or pelvic surgery. The device, called the NSS-2 BRIDGE, gently stimulates nerves in the ear, which may help calm pain pathways. Res…

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…