Could a simple hormone shield kidneys after liver transplant?
NCT ID NCT06344442
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 3 trial tests whether giving low-dose arginine vasopressin during liver transplant surgery can prevent acute kidney injury, a common complication. Researchers will compare vasopressin to the standard drug norepinephrine in 304 adults. The goal is to see if vasopressin better protects kidney function and reduces the need for dialysis.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Arginine vasopressin (a hormone that raises blood pressure and may protect the kidneys)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could reduce the risk of kidney failure after liver transplants, lowering the need for dialysis and improving long-term outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single phase 3 trial with 304 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. Vasopressin can cause side effects like low sodium or excessive vasoconstriction.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 304 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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May 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.
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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: * Age ≥ 18 years * Any adult patient with a scheduled liver transplantation * All participants will need to be given clear information about the study and give signed informed consent. * Person affiliated to the Social Security Exclusion Criteria: * Super-emergency for liver transplantation or fulminant hepatitis * Patient listed for or receiving simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation (SLKT) * Patients with end-stage renal disease (chronic eGFR \< 15 mL/min/1.73 m2 or requiring extra-renal purification before liver transplantation * Patient with epilepsy * Hypersensitivity to arginine-vasopressin and to its excipients * Patient refusal * Patients for whom it is impossible to give informed consent (language barrier) * Adults under guardianship or trusteeship, persons deprived of their liberty * Patient enrolled in another interventional clinical study * Pregnancy or breastfeeding
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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URC Lariboisière-Fernand Widal-saint Louis
RECRUITINGParis, 75010, France
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