NCT04315571Completed
Comparing Ascites Relief In Two Standard Treatments: Large Volume Paracentesis Vs. Early Tips Using Viatorr Controlled Expansion Stents
Effective Ascites ReLief In earlY TIPS (EARLY TIPS) Using Viatorr CX vs. LVP Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 7 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
For this study, the investigators will be collecting data based on patients' random selection to two different approved standard of care treatments for ascites: Subjects will get randomized into either Group A: Large Volume Paracentesis (LVP) with albumin infusion, or Group B: an early transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 68 (actual)
- First submitted
- 9 Mar 2020
- Start date
- 24 Mar 2020
- Primary completion date
- 1 Apr 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Diseases
- High blood pressure
- NCT number
- NCT04315571
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 68
- From 24 Mar 2020 to the primary completion date, 1 Apr 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Liver failure (Child Pugh \> 12)
- Cardiac failure
- Absolute TIPS contraindications (e.g. right heart failure, severe encephalopathy, liver failure, pregnant (if possible)).
Age
- Age \<18
Other
- LVP \> 6 times in 2 months
- No right jugular venous access
Who the study is looking for
- Males and females \> 18 years of age at time of procedure
- First de novo TIPS placement
- Patent internal or external jugular vein
- Willing to provide the hepatology service information for follow up
- No known diagnosis of hypercoagulopathy
- No portal vein thrombosis
- No malignancy (must be a definite diagnosis)
- Patient must provide written informed consent
- Proper clinical indication of TIPS based on American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) guidelines
- Recurrent ascites necessitating at least 2 large volume paracenteses performed within a minimum interval of 3 weeks
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Unknown status |
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