New blood test may predict infection risk after liver transplant
NCT ID NCT07647978
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study aims to create a score that predicts the risk of infection within 30 days after a liver transplant. Researchers will collect blood samples from 279 liver transplant patients before and after surgery to measure immune markers. The goal is to combine these markers with other clinical factors to better identify high-risk patients and potentially improve outcomes.
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 a tool that helps doctors identify patients at high risk of infection after liver transplant, allowing earlier intervention.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study that does not test a new treatment. The predictive score may not be accurate enough for routine use, and results may not apply to all transplant centers.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 279 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2030
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
Patients with severe liver disease waiting for LT. Only patients with the most frequent LT indications will be eligible: complicated cirrhosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), acute or chronic decompensation of cirrhosis, with or without multi-visceral failure and fulminant hepatitis.
- 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: Patients awaiting liver transplantation for one of the following indications: * Compensated cirrhosis complicated by hepatocellular carcinoma * Chronically decompensated cirrhosis (recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding, refractory ascites, portopulmonary or hepatopulmonary syndrome, hepatic encephalopathy, chronic liver failure) * Acute decompensated cirrhosis, with or without associated multiple organ failure (ACLF) * Acute fulminant hepatitis Final inclusion will be : * Patients receiving LT AND * Who provided their consent to participate during the initial enrollment visit AND * For whom the baseline sample (during the day of the LT) was collected Exclusion Criteria: * Minors * Patients under legal guardianship or conservatorship * Pregnant or breastfeeding women * Patients deprived of their liberty * Patients not enrolled in the social security system * Refusal to participate in the study * Patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy prior to LT (with the exception of corticosteroids at a dosage of 40 mg per day for the treatment of alcoholic hepatitis) * Patient who is a candidate for a combined organ transplant * Patient receiving other immunomodulatory therapy (such as immune checkpoint inhibitors) prior to LT
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology - CHU de Clermont Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand, 63100, France
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Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology - Hôpital Saint Eloi
Montpellier, 34090, France
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Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology - Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse
Lyon, 69004, France
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