Can tracking hospital care for liver patients reduce repeat admissions?
NCT ID NCT07727070
First seen Jul 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 28, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study follows about 400 adults with liver cirrhosis admitted to internal medicine wards across Italy. Researchers will track how doctors manage hepatic encephalopathy—a brain complication of liver disease—during hospitalization and after discharge. The goal is to identify problems in care that may lead to repeat hospital stays and find ways to prevent them.
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 identify gaps in care and help reduce hospital readmissions for liver cirrhosis patients with hepatic encephalopathy.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, so it cannot prove cause and effect. Results may not apply to other countries or healthcare settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Hospitalization in Internal Medicine
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age ≥18 years 2. Signed informed consent 3. Diagnosis of liver cirrhosis according to recognized clinical, laboratory, and imaging criteria and/or evidence of portal hypertension or liver stiffness ≥ 20 kPa. Exclusion Criteria: * Patient enrolled in other non-observational clinical trials
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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
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AORN "A. Cardarelli"
Naples, Italy
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AOU "Maggiore della Carità"
Novara, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliera "Carlo Poma"
Mantua, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria "Renato Dulbecco"
Catanzaro, Italy
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IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Policlinico "S. Orsola"
Bologna, Italy
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Isola Tiberina Gemelli-Isola Hospital, Rome
Roma, Italy
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Ospedale "A. Perrino"
Brindisi, Italy
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Ospedale "Buccheri-La Ferla" Fatebenefratelli
Palermo, Italy
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Ospedale "Cervesi"
Cattolica, Italy
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Ospedale "Girolamo Fracastoro"
San Bonifacio, Italy
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Ospedale "Luigi Cazzavillan"
Arzignano, Italy
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Ospedale "S. Maria Annunziata"
Florence, Italy
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Ospedale "S. Maria della Misericordia"
Rovigo, Italy
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Ospedale "Sacro Cuore di Gesù"
Gallipoli, Italy
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Ospedale "San Giovanni di Dio"
Crotone, Italy
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Ospedale "San Paolo"
Savona, Italy
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Ospedale "Sant'Andrea"
Lamezia Terme, Italy
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Ospedale "Santa Maria delle Croci"
Ravenna, Italy
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Ospedale "Santo Spirito"
Casale Monferrato, Italy
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Ospedale "Umberto I°" di Lugo
Lugo, Italy
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Ospedale "Umberto I°" di Nocera
Nocera Inferiore, Italy
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Ospedale "Umberto I°" di Siracusa
Syracuse, Italy
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Ospedale "Vincenzo Monaldi" - AOS dei Colli
Naples, Italy
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Ospedale Centrale di Bolzano
Bolzano, Italy
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Ospedale Civile "Giuseppe Mazzini"
Teramo, Italy
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Ospedale Civile di Legnano
Legnano, Italy
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Ospedale Civile di Voghera
Voghera, Italy
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Ospedale Di Camerino
Province of Macerata, Italy
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Ospedale Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico
Milan, Italy
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Ospedale Maggiore
Chieri, Italy
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Ospedale dei Castelli
Ariccia, Italy
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Ospedale del Delta
Ferrara, Italy
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Ospedale della Misericordia
Grosseto, Italy
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Ospedale di Assisi
Assisi, Italy
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Ospedale di Circolo di Varese
Varese, Italy
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Ospedale di Cremona
Cremona, Italy
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Ospedale di Dolo
Dolo, Italy
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Ospedali Riuniti Padova Sud
Monselice, Italy
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P.O. "SS. Annunziata"
Sassari, Italy
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P.O. di Livorno
Livorno, Italy
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Presidio Ospedaliero "San Salvatore"
L’Aquila, Italy
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