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Status unknownNCT05185154Updated Jan 11, 2022

Natural Course and Prognosis of Hospitalized Patients With Cirrhosis

An observational study in Liver Cirrhosis, sponsored by Kangbuk Samsung Hospital. Status unknown at 4 sites in South Korea. Open to participants aged 20 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-01-11.

Sponsored by Kangbuk Samsung Hospital · Observational

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Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
336
Ages
20 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The aim of this prospective study is to evaluate the natural course and prognosis of hospitalized patients with liver cirrhosis.

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The aim of this prospective study is to collect data on hospitalized patients with liver cirrhosis at four institutions in Korea (Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Chosun University Hospital, and National Medical Center). If patients agree to participate in this clinical trial, the patients' data (such as age, sex, height, weight, nutrition status [RFH-NPT], history of medication, laboratory findings, endoscopic findings, and radiologic findings) will be collected in a research database. The research database will be updated, every 6 months, to include data on patients' disease outcomes and follow-up care.

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Conditions studied

  • Liver Cirrhosis

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In context

Liver Cirrhosis

1,668 studies on the registry are indexed under Liver Cirrhosis; 360 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 336 is above the median of 152 across 605 observational studies indexed under Liver Cirrhosis.

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Lead sponsor

Kangbuk Samsung Hospital is the lead sponsor of 63 studies on the registry; 9 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
20 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

Hospitalized patients with liver cirrhosis

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Inclusion criteria

  • Hospitalized patients with liver cirrhosis
  • Admission to the hospital because of cirrhotic complications such as uncontrolled ascites, variceal bleeding, hepatic encephalopathy, hepatorenal syndrome, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, hepatocellular carcinoma, acute kidney injury, bacterial infection, acute liver failure, and etc.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Admission to the hospital without cirrhotic complications
  • Patients who refuse the follow-up of outpatient department
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
336 participants (estimated)
Target follow-up
2 Years
Patient registry
Yes
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. All-cause mortality

    Death from any cause

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

  2. Liver-related mortality

    Death from liver disease

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Cause of admission to hospital

    Prevalence of cause of admission to hospital

    Time frame: At baseline

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Study locations

2 of 4 sites recruiting
  • Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital
    Hwaseong-si, South Korea
    Recruiting
  • Chosun University Hospital
    Kwangju, South Korea
    Recruiting
  • Jae Yoon Jeong
    Seoul, South Korea
    Not yet recruiting
  • Kangbuk Samsung Hospital
    Seoul, South Korea
    Not yet recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 11, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05185154
Lead sponsor
Kangbuk Samsung Hospital
Responsible party
Won Sohn (Principal Investigator, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 11, 2022
Start date
Nov 1, 2021
Primary completion
Oct 31, 2023 (estimated)
Completion
Oct 31, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Jan 11, 2022

Study contacts

Won Sohn, MD, PhD
Contact
hand0827@naver.com
82-2-2001-2557
Won Sohn, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Kangbuk Samsung Hospital

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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