Clinical trials: Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy
Liver Cirrhosis, Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE)
Equivalence of Electronic vs Paper-based PHES in Diagnosing Hepatic Encephalopathy
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an electronic version of the Psychometric Hepatic Encephalopathy Score (PHES) works as well as the standard paper version to diagnose minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) in adults…
- Conditions
- Liver Cirrhosis, Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE), Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy
- Trial name
- NCT07874204
- Testing
- Paper-based PHES, Electronic PHES
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- The Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School
Liver Cirrhosis, Hepatic Encephalopathy
Electronic PHES vs Paper-based PHES for Hepatic Encephalopathy
This is a prospective, multicenter, randomized crossover diagnostic accuracy study. A total of 80 patients with liver cirrhosis will be enrolled and randomly assigned to two sequence groups at a 1:1 ratio.
- Conditions
- Liver Cirrhosis, Hepatic Encephalopathy, Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy
- Trial name
- NCT07852416
- Testing
- Paper-based Psychometric Hepatic Encephalopathy Score (PHES), Electronic Psychometric Hepatic Encephalopathy Score (PHES)
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University
Hepatic Encephalopathy, Minimal Brain Dysfunction
Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasian
HHT or Rendu-Osler-Weber disease is a genetic disease with an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern, characterized by widespread telangiectases that can involve several organs including the intestinal tract and the liver.
- Trial name
- mHE-HHT (NCT03586115)
- Testing
- Critical flicker frequency assessment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Bari
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth, Liver Cirrhosis
Effycacy of Rifaximin on Reverse Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy and Elimation Small Intestinal Bacterial
A total of 46 patients diagnosed with liver cirrhosis will be recruited. All patients will be evaluated with five psychometric tests and critical flicker frequency to diagnosis minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE).
- Trial name
- NCT02439307
- Testing
- Rifaximin
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Mexico
Cirrhosis, Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy
Effect of Yogurt on Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a special yogurt can improve performance on certain tests of intelligence and decrease liver inflammation in patients with cirrhosis.
- Trial name
- NCT00312078
- Testing
- Yogurt Supplementation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin