New model could predict deadly liver failure after surgery
NCT ID NCT06366048
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether the amount of healthy liver removed during surgery can predict liver failure afterward. Researchers will create a risk model based on 1,600 patients who had liver surgery for cancer. The goal is to help doctors identify high-risk patients before surgery and improve safety.
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 give surgeons a simple tool to predict which patients are at high risk of liver failure after surgery, helping them plan safer operations.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. The model may not be accurate for all patients or hospitals, and it does not test any new drug or therapy.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,600 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
1133 consecutive patients diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and intracholangiocarcinoma underwent hepatectomies.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: * selective hepatectomies; * histologically confirmed as HCC and ICC * complete and accessible data Exclusion criteria: * any history of Associated Liver Partition and Portal vein ligation for Staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) * any history of portal vein embolism (PVE) * any history of tumor rupture * emergency surgery * pathologically diagnosed with neither HCC nor ICC * concomitant resection of gastrointestinal organs, spleenectomy or other organs
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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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
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shenzhen, Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University
RECRUITINGShenzhencun, Shanghai Municipality, China
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Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University
RECRUITINGFujian, Shanghai Municipality, China
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The Third Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University
RECRUITINGShanhai, Shanghai Municipality, 201800, China
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