A Pilot Trial to Test the Feasibility of Utilizing Home Blood Pressure Monitoring to Optimize the Administration of Midodrine Among Decompensated Cirrhosis Patients

a study on Cirrhosis High Blood Pressure Peritoneal Effusion Fibrosis

Summary

Eligibility
for people ages 18 years and up (full criteria)
Location
at UCSF
Dates
study started
completion around
Principal Investigator
by Giuseppe Cullaro, MD, MAS (ucsf)
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Giuseppe Cullaro

Description

Summary

This is a randomized single-blind feasibility trial to test the utilization of home blood pressure devices to improve the clinical management of decompensated cirrhosis patients.

Official Title

Wireless Automated Tracking in Cirrhosis Patients at Home (WATCH) Trial: A Randomized Single Blind Trial Testing the Use of Home Monitoring Among Decompensated Cirrhosis Patients

Details

This is a feasibility trial to determine the feasibility of using home monitoring devices (e.g. blood pressure cuffs) to improve outcomes for cirrhosis patients.

Keywords

Cirrhosis, Liver, Portal Hypertension, Ascites Hepatic, Liver Cirrhosis, Fibrosis, Ascites, Withings Home Blood Pressure Device and Scale

Eligibility

You can join if…

Open to people ages 18 years and up

You CAN'T join if...

  • None

Location

  • University of California San Francisco accepting new patients
    San Francisco California 94143 United States

Lead Scientist at University of California Health

  • Giuseppe Cullaro, MD, MAS (ucsf)
    I am a gastroenterologist and transplant hepatologist who cares for patients with general hepatology and transplant hepatology needs. My lie at the intersection of hepatology and nephrology.

Details

Status
accepting new patients
Start Date
Completion Date
(estimated)
Sponsor
University of California, San Francisco
ID
NCT05928624
Study Type
Interventional
Participants
Expecting 100 study participants
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