Liver transplant study probes gut Compound's link to heart risk
NCT ID NCT06043531
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how a gut-related compound called TMAO affects heart health in 19 adults who had a liver transplant. Researchers measured TMAO levels and checked blood vessel function to understand why heart disease is more common after transplant. The goal was to gather knowledge, not to test a treatment.
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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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19 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Finished
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Oct 2024
- 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 years and older
- 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: * Aged \> 18 years * Speak and understand English * Have received and LT Exclusion Criteria: * Acute cellular or chronic rejection within 3 months * Post-LT liver or non-liver related malignancy * Active viral hepatitis (B or C) or autoimmune hepatitis * Untreated biliary strictures or vascular complications (e.g. hepatic artery thrombosis) * Poorly controlled diabetes (HbA1c \>8.5%) * Relapse of alcohol use after LT * Follow a vegetarian or vegan diet * Current pregnancy * Unable to provide informed consent
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia, 23298, United States
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