Intraoperative Glycemic Variability and Infectious Complications After Liver Transplantation (SUGAR-LT)

August 24, 2026 updated by: Medical University of Warsaw

Intraoperative Glycemic Variability and the Risk of Infectious Complications After Elective Liver Transplantation: A Prospective Cohort Study

This study aims to evaluate whether intraoperative glycemic variability (GV) is independently associated with the risk of infectious complications within 30 days after elective liver transplantation. This is an observational study with no intervention beyond standard perioperative care. Glycemic and clinical outcome data will be obtained from routinely collected medical records of patients undergoing liver transplantation at the 2nd Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical University of Warsaw.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

240

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

patients undergoing liver transplantation at the 2nd Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical University of Warsaw.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age over 18 years
  • Elective orthotopic liver transplantation

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Liver retransplantation
  • multi-organ transplantation
  • Urgent/emergency transplantation
  • Active infection under antibiotic treatment at the time of surgery
  • Preoperative systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)
  • Incomplete intraoperative glycemic data
  • Pregnancy
  • Participation in another interventional study that could affect glycemic control or infection risk

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Occurrence of at least one infectious complication within 30 days after liver transplantation
Time Frame: 30 days
Binary outcome (yes/no), including: pneumonia (clinical, radiological, and microbiological criteria), urinary tract infection (clinical symptoms + positive urine culture), surgical site infection per CDC criteria, sepsis/septic shock per Sepsis-3 criteria.
30 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

August 1, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

July 30, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

July 30, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 27, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 24, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

August 26, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 26, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 24, 2026

Last Verified

July 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • AKBE/192/2026

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.