Small study hopes to personalize anesthesia for liver transplant patients
NCT ID NCT06909942
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed study looked at 3 liver transplant patients to see if muscle loss (sarcopenia) changes how the body responds to the muscle relaxant rocuronium. Researchers measured hand grip strength and used a questionnaire to diagnose sarcopenia before surgery, then tracked how long the drug lasted. The goal was to find if lower doses could be used safely, potentially reducing time spent in the hospital and on a ventilator.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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3 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Finished
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Feb 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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 with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) 3-4, * Patients over the age of 18, * Liver transplant recipient candidates who have agreed to receive an organ transplant Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who are unconscious enough to not be included in the study (patients for whom consent cannot be obtained and the study cannot be explained) * Patients under the age of 18 * Patients aged 65 and over * Patients with advanced renal failure * Patients with massive ascites in the abdomen * Patients with advanced heart failure or high pulmonary artery pressure for whom routine anesthesia induction protocols must be excluded * Patients with psychosis or substance abuse Patients with a known adverse reaction to rocuronium * Patients who received massive blood and blood product transfusions during surgery
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Turgut Ozal Medicine Center Liver Transplantation Institute
Malatya, Battalgazi, 44040, Turkey (Türkiye)
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