Bile acid pill may turbocharge liver regrowth after transplant
NCT ID NCT07664020
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This trial tests whether ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), a bile acid supplement, can speed up liver regeneration in adults receiving a living-donor liver transplant. Participants take UDCA or a placebo starting at least 10 days before surgery and continuing for 10 days after. Researchers measure liver volume regrowth, liver function, and biomarkers to see if UDCA helps the liver recover faster.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA)
- What this could lead to
- If UDCA speeds liver regrowth, it could help transplant recipients recover faster and reduce early complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 130 participants. UDCA may not improve regeneration, and some people may have side effects like digestive upset.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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About 130 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 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.
- Ages
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18 to 70 years
- 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: All Adult Living Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) Recipients in ILBS from ethical board clearance to December 2027 in the Department of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences Exclusion Criteria: * Unwillingness to participate * Hypersensitivity to UDCA * Patients receiving UDCA pre-operatively within 1 month of liver transplant (PBC and patients of overlap syndrome) * Right posterior and left laterals grafts * Emergency Liver Transplant
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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ILBS
New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, 110070, India
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