ALTA TIPS: A 5-year Longitudinal Observational Study of Patients Undergoing TIPS Placement

Trial ID or NCT#

NCT03973372

Status

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Purpose

ALTA is a multicenter consortium focused on the management of portal hypertension. ALTA TIPS is a longitudinal observational study of patients who are undergoing transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) placement. ALTA will create a database that will provide clinical parameters and outcomes of patients undergoing TIPS as part of their standard of care in hopes of answering key clinical questions.

Official Title

Advancing Liver Therapeutic Approaches (ALTA). The ALTA Consortium Study Group for the Management of Portal Hypertension - A 5-year Longitudinal Observational Study of Patients Undergoing Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) Placement

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study: Older than 18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
Inclusion Criteria:
  1. - Subjects over the age of 18 able to provide consent or have a legally authorized consent in the event the subject is unable to consent due to a transient clinical condition - Subject scheduled to undergo a TIPS procedure
Exclusion Criteria:
  1. - Minors under the age of 18 at the time of enrollment - Prisoners - Pregnant Women - Subjects undergoing TIPS placement as part of an investigational study outside of usual clinical care
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Investigator(s)

Aparna Goel
Hepatologist, Transplant hepatologist
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Paul Kwo
Paul Kwo
Hepatologist, Transplant hepatologist, Gastroenterologist
Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)

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Contact

Swati Toppo
650-497-4151

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