Evaluation of Preimplantation Portal Vein and Hepatic Artery Flushing With Tacrolimus

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the Tacrolimus added to histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate (HTK) solution given through intraportal and intraarterial infusion during back-table procedure is capable of reducing the degree of early allograft liver dysfunction, as assessed by postoperative levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), during first 7 postoperative days and by serum and histochemical markers of liver injury and inflammation.

Timeline

Start

2013-07

Primary completion

2014-07

Completion

2014-07

Publications

• Background Friedman BH, Wolf JH, Wang L, Putt ME, Shaked A, Christie JD, Hancock WW, Olthoff KM. Serum cytokine profiles associated with early allograft dysfunction in patients undergoing liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2012 Feb;18(2):166-76. doi: 10.1002/lt.22451.
• Background Busuttil RW, Tanaka K. The utility of marginal donors in liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2003 Jul;9(7):651-63. doi: 10.1053/jlts.2003.50105.
• Background Ilmakunnas M, Tukiainen EM, Rouhiainen A, Rauvala H, Arola J, Nordin A, Makisalo H, Hockerstedt K, Isoniemi H. High mobility group box 1 protein as a marker of hepatocellular injury in human liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2008 Oct;14(10):1517-25. doi: 10.1002/lt.21573.
• Background Kristo I, Wilflingseder J, Kainz A, Marschalek J, Wekerle T, Muhlbacher F, Oberbauer R, Bodingbauer M. Effect of intraportal infusion of tacrolimus on ischaemic reperfusion injury in orthotopic liver transplantation: a randomized controlled trial. Transpl Int. 2011 Sep;24(9):912-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2011.01284.x. Epub 2011 Jun 14.
• Background Olthoff KM, Kulik L, Samstein B, Kaminski M, Abecassis M, Emond J, Shaked A, Christie JD. Validation of a current definition of early allograft dysfunction in liver transplant recipients and analysis of risk factors. Liver Transpl. 2010 Aug;16(8):943-9. doi: 10.1002/lt.22091.
• Results Shcherba A.E., Minou A.F., Efimov D.J., Korotkov S.V., LebedzO.A., Dzyadzko A.M., Karitka A., Santotski E.O., Rummo O.O.//Influence of Back Table Portal And Arterial Flushing with HTK and Tacrolimus on the Incidence of Liver Graft Dysfunction. Materials of "Avantguardia in the HPB - surgery and Liver transplantation: When East meets West". Volume 61, June 2014, Supplement 1.- P. S13-14.
• Results Abstracts of the ILTS 20(th) Annual International Congress, June 3-7, 2014, London, United Kingdom. Liver Transpl. 2014 Jun;20 Suppl 1:S1-399. doi: 10.1002/lt.23901. No abstract available.

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