Impact of Delta Model of End Stage Liver Disease (MELD) in High MELD Liver Transplant Recipients (HDMELD in LT)
Delta MELD as a Predictor of Decreased Survival in High MELD Liver Transplant Recipients
Liver transplantation (LT) represents an important curative option for end stage liver disease such as decompensated cirrhosis, which remains a major challenge for today's health care system. The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) is a worldwide-established scoring system for the evaluation of the severity of liver disease in allocation processes. However, the interpretation of MELD in clinical practice, particularly with regard to prioritizing potential liver transplant recipients, has revealed some hazards. These include the adaptation of MELD based on patient's characteristics, e.g. the presence of hepatocellular carcinoma, kidney failure and cardiovascular disease. In addition, the remaining paucity of organ donors contributes to a rising number of transplantations of high MELD recipients. This leads to the risk of impaired outcomes, especially considering the interaction of additional donor and recipient risk factors, such as extended cold preservation, kidney function and warm ischemia. For a certain patient cohort living donation might represent a feasible approach as reported previously for high MELD patients.
Overall, the interaction of donor and recipient characteristics on the outcomes after LT in high MELD patients remains a scarcely investigated field. Therefore, the identification of factors influencing patient's outcomes after orthotopic liver transplantation becomes increasingly important, especially in high MELD recipients.
Studieoversigt
Status
Detaljeret beskrivelse
The underlying study aims to investigate several questions. The sodium corrected MELD score is the cornerstone of liver allocation, prioritizing patients with the highest short-term mortality risk. However, outcomes after transplantation among recipients with very high MELD scores remain heterogeneous. While some critically ill patients recover and achieve favorable long-term survival, others experience early post-transplant mortality, raising concerns about futile transplantation in a subset of high-risk candidates.
Current allocation systems rely on a static MELD value at the time of transplantation, which may not fully capture the dynamic trajectory of liver disease, the relative contribution of individual MELD components, or the interaction between recipient severity and donor graft characteristics. Improved risk stratification within the high MELD population is therefore needed to better balance urgency and utility in liver allocation.
Primary Objective
To determine whether changes in MELD score (delta MELD) prior to transplantation are predictive of post-transplant survival in high MELD recipients.
Secondary Objectives
To identify clinical and biochemical characteristics associated with futile liver transplantation, defined as early post-transplant mortality among recipients with very high MELD scores.
To evaluate whether exceeding a MELD threshold of 30 is independently associated with poor post-transplant outcomes.
Undersøgelsestype
Tilmelding (Faktiske)
Kontakter og lokationer
Deltagelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
- Voksen
- Ældre voksen
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Prøveudtagningsmetode
Studiebefolkning
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- first LT
- age above 18 years
- completeness of dataset
- liver only
Exclusion Criteria:
- second or higher LT
- age below 18 years
- incomplete dataset
- combined transplant
Studieplan
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
Kohorter og interventioner
Gruppe / kohorte |
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DMELD+
liver transplant recipients with a positive delta MELD
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DMELD-
liver transplant recipients without delta MELD
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Hvad måler undersøgelsen?
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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overall mortality of LT recipients
Tidsramme: minimal follow up of 12 months up to fifteen years
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overall mortality of liver transplant recipients
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minimal follow up of 12 months up to fifteen years
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Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Perioperative lenght of intensive care unit (ICU) stay
Tidsramme: perioperative ICU stay, measured in days following liver transplantation maximal 24 weeks
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Perioperative length of intensive care unit treatment in days,
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perioperative ICU stay, measured in days following liver transplantation maximal 24 weeks
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Andre resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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postoperative assessment of liver function
Tidsramme: laboratory values at routine follow-up appointments within 1 year following LT; usually at one, three, six and twelve months
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postopertative liver function measured by laboratory values
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laboratory values at routine follow-up appointments within 1 year following LT; usually at one, three, six and twelve months
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Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Sponsor
Samarbejdspartnere
Datoer for undersøgelser
Studer store datoer
Studiestart (Faktiske)
Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)
Studieafslutning (Faktiske)
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først opslået (Faktiske)
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidst verificeret
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