UMIN ID: C000000276
Registered date:01/01/2008
A controlled trial of zinc supplementation for decompensated liver cirrhosis
Basic Information
| Recruitment status | Complete: follow-up complete |
|---|---|
| Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied | decompensated liver cirrhosis |
| Date of first enrollment | 2005/12/01 |
| Target sample size | 90 |
| Countries of recruitment | Japan |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Intervention(s) | oral zinc supplementation + BCAA granule only BCAA granule |
Outcome(s)
| Primary Outcome | QOL(SF-36) |
|---|---|
| Secondary Outcome |
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
| Age minimum | 20years-old |
|---|---|
| Age maximum | 80years-old |
| Gender | Male and Female |
| Include criteria | |
| Exclude criteria | 1.The patient with pregnancy or gravid possibility. 2.Advanced HCC, or other malignancy, its prognosis is less than 1 year. 3.Less than 2.5g/ml of serum albumin level 4.More than 3.0mg/dl of total bil. 5.Hepatic encephalopathy (possible anamnestic case) is higher than 3 degree. 6. The patients whom judged to be inadequate by clinical trial liability or clinical trial allotment doctor. |
Related Information
| Primary Sponsor | NHO IwakuniClinical Center |
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| Secondary Sponsor | |
| Source(s) of Monetary Support | NHO IwakuniClinical Center |
| Secondary ID(s) |
Contact
| public contact | |
| Name | |
| Address | Japan |
| Telephone | |
| takuma@enjoy.ne.jp | |
| Affiliation | NHO IwakuniClinical Center Department of Internal Medicine |
| scientific contact | |
| Name | Yoshitaka Takuma |
| Address | Kuroiso-cho, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi 740-8510 Japan. Japan |
| Telephone | |
| Affiliation | NHO IwakuniClinical Center Department of Internal Medicine |