Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 9:19 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 9:19 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03121404
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Age 18-70 years
* Patients undergoing abdominal surgery (liver transplantation or other surgery)
Control
1. non liver transplant donor
2. Elective abdominal surgery (cholecystectomy, diverticulosis, acute gastrointestinal bleeding in the absence of exclusion criteria)
Exclusion Criteria:
* Exclusion criteria (all subjects)
* Average daily alcohol intake \> 20 g in women and \> 30 g in men
* Diabetes or a fasting serum glucose \> 100 mg/dL
* Hyper- / hypo- thyroidism
* Renal disease with serum creatinine \> 1.4 mg/dL
* Folate or vitamin B12 deficiency
* Active intravenous drug use
* History of bowel surgery or gastric bypass surgery
* Medications/supplements that affect fat mass or protein mass (creatine, glucocorticoids)
* Pregnancy
* Chronic diseases that result in cachexia (renal, cardiac, pulmonary, hematologic, cancer)
* Hepatocellular cancer
Exclusion criteria (controls)
* Evidence of malnutrition as quantified by triceps skinfold thickness, mid arm muscle area and creatinine height index)
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
70 Years
Study:
NCT03121404
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03121404