The Effect of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in Living Donor Hepatectomy

NCT ID: NCT03386435

Last Updated: 2019-08-19

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

160 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-08-22

Study Completion Date

2017-10-30

Brief Summary

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Liver transplantation is the gold standard treatment for patients with end-stage liver disease. Despite its outstanding success, liver transplantation still entails certain complications including ischemia-reperfusion injury. Remote ischemic preconditioning is a novel and simple therapeutic method to lessen the harmful effects of ischemia-reperfusion injury, however, the majority of remote ischemic preconditioning studies on hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury have been animal studies. Therefore, our aim was to assess the effects of remote ischemic preconditioning on postoperative liver function in living donor hepatectomy.

Detailed Description

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Liver transplantation(LT) is the gold standard treatment for patients with end-stage liver disease. In light of advancements in surgical techniques, immunosuppressive agents, and perioperative critical care, the overall 3-year survival of patients undergoing LT has exceeded 80%. Despite its outstanding success, LT still entails certain complications including ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI).

IRI occurs when the blood supply to an organ or tissue is temporarily cut-off and then restored, and it is well-known as an underlying cause of primary non-function, biliary complications, and eventual graft loss after LT. Despite many attempts to ameliorate hepatic IRI, no definitive therapies have been established. In addition, the mechanisms of IRI remain largely unclear.

Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) is a novel and simple therapeutic method to lessen the harmful effects of IRI. RIPC indicate that brief episodes of ischemia with intermittent reperfusion are introduced at a remote site, leading to systemic protection against subsequent insults as evinced on kidney, heart, liver, and other tissues. While RIPC has been shown to reduce hepatic IRI in several small animal studies, the beneficial effects of RIPC in hepatic IRI have been inconsistent. By far, the majority of RIPC studies on hepatic IRI have been animal studies; hence, there are limitations relating to the lack of human clinical trials.

Therefore, our aim was to assess the effects of RIPC on postoperative liver function in living donor hepatectomy.

Conditions

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Tissue Donors Liver Transplantation Ischemia Reperfusion Injury

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

study group : remote ischemic preconditioning control group : none
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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RIPC

intervention: RIPC groups receive remote ischaemic preconditioning after anaesthesia induction and before surgery started.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

remote ischemic preconditioning

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Remote ischemic preconditioning was performed following anesthesia induction in donors. The protocol involves 3 cycles of 5-minute inflation of a blood pressure cuff to 200 mm Hg to one upper arm, followed by 5-minute reperfusion with the cuff deflated

Control

In the control group, the same maneuver was applied but without cuff inflation.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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remote ischemic preconditioning

Remote ischemic preconditioning was performed following anesthesia induction in donors. The protocol involves 3 cycles of 5-minute inflation of a blood pressure cuff to 200 mm Hg to one upper arm, followed by 5-minute reperfusion with the cuff deflated

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

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RIPC

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Donors who plan to have living right hepatectomy for liver transplantation.
* age : between 18 to 60 years.

Exclusion Criteria

* donors who plan to donate left lobe
* donors who plan to have laparoscopic right hepatectomy
* donors who cannot proceed remote ischemic preconditioning
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Asan Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jun-Gol Song

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jun-Gol Song, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Asan Medical Center

Locations

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Asan medical center

Seoul, Songpa-gu, South Korea

Site Status

Countries

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South Korea

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

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RIPC_donor

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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