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ALTA TIPS: A 5-year Longitudinal Observational Study of Patients Undergoing TIPS Placement
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I'm InterestedTrial ID: NCT03973372
Purpose
ALTA is a multicenter consortium focused on the management of portal hypertension. ALTA TIPS
is a longitudinal observational study of patients who are undergoing transjugular
intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) placement. ALTA will create a database that will
provide clinical parameters and outcomes of patients undergoing TIPS as part of their
standard of care in hopes of answering key clinical questions.
Official Title
Advancing Liver Therapeutic Approaches (ALTA). The ALTA Consortium Study Group for the Management of Portal Hypertension - A 5-year Longitudinal Observational Study of Patients Undergoing Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) Placement
Stanford Investigator(s)
Aparna Goel
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Paul Kwo
Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects over the age of 18 able to provide consent or have a legally authorized
consent in the event the subject is unable to consent due to a transient clinical
condition
- Subject scheduled to undergo a TIPS procedure
Exclusion Criteria:
- Minors under the age of 18 at the time of enrollment
- Prisoners
- Pregnant Women
- Subjects undergoing TIPS placement as part of an investigational study outside of
usual clinical care
Recruiting
I'm InterestedContact Information
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School of Medicine
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Stanford,
CA
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