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Clinical trials

Below are current clinical trials.


26 studies in Liver Transplant Program
(open studies only).

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  1. Risk-Based Therapy in Treating Younger Patients with Newly Diagnosed Liver Cancer

    Rochester, Minn.

    This phase III trial studies the side effects and how well risk-based therapy works in treating younger patients with newly diagnosed liver cancer. Surgery, chemotherapy drugs (cancer fighting medicines), and when necessary liver transplant are the main current treatments for hepatoblastoma. The stage of the cancer is one factor used to decide the best treatment. Treating patients according to the risk group they are in may help get rid of the cancer, keep it from coming back, and decrease the side effects of chemotherapy.

  2. A Study of Donated Alloantigen Reactive Regulatory T Cells for Reducing or Discontinuing Immune System Suppression in Liver Transplant Patients

    Rochester, Minn.

    This research study is for liver transplant recipients and their respective living donors. The purpose of this study is to see if it is safe for liver recipients to receive one dose of donor reactive T regulatory cells (Tregs), and if the Tregs allows a liver recipient to take less, or completely stop medications normally taken after receiving an organ transplant.

  3. A Study of Glecaprevir (GLE)/Pibrentasvir (PIB) in Treatment-Naïve Adults With Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Genotype 1, 2, 4, 5 or 6 Infection and Compensated Cirrhosis

    Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz., Rochester, Minn.

    A Phase 3b, single arm, open-label, multicenter study to evaluate the safety and to demonstrate the non-inferiority of the sustained virologic response 12 weeks post dosing (SVR12) rates of 8 weeks of treatment with the glecaprevir (GLE)/pibrentasvir (PIB) combination regimen to the historical SVR12 rate of 12 weeks of treatment with the GLE/PIB in treatment-naïve adults with chronic HCV GT 1, 2, 4, 5, or 6 infection and compensated cirrhosis.

  4. A Study of Predictors of Renal Insufficiency Following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

    Rochester, Minn.

    The purpose of this study is to see if certain pre-transplant markers are able to predict how the kidney will respond after a liver transplant.

  5. Study to Assess Safety and Efficacy of GKT137831 in Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis Receiving Ursodeoxycholic Acid

    Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.

    The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of GKT13783 in patients with Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) who are taking a stable dose of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) treatment, and have persistently high levels of a liver enzyme called Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP).

  6. A Study to Confirm the Effectiveness and Safety of Terlipressin for Treatment of Hepatorenal Syndrome Type 1

    Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz., Rochester, Minn.

    The purpose of this study is to confirm the effectiveness and safety of  terlipressin in the treatment of adult patients with hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) type 1.

  7. Emricasan, a Caspase Inhibitor, for Treatment of Subjects With Decompensated NASH Cirrhosis

    Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.

    This is a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of emricasan in improving event-free survival based on a composite clinical endpoint (where all-cause mortality, new decompensation events, and MELD score progression are events) in subjects with decompensated NASH cirrhosis.

  8. Phase 2a, Dose-ranging Study With PF-05221304 in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)

    Rochester, Minn.

    Phase 2a, dose-ranging Study with PF-05221304 in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)

  9. A Study of Using Ultrasound to Evaluate Post-Transplant Acute Liver Rejection

    Rochester, Minn.

    Liver biopsy is routinely performed at day 7 after liver transplant at Mayo to evaluate acute liver rejection.The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of a non-invasive evaluation of acute liver rejection by using ultrasound measurements.

  10. A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of Obeticholic Acid Treatment on People with Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis with Fibrosis

    Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.

    The primary objectives of this study are to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of obeticholic acid treatment compared to placebo on both tissue structure improvement and liver-related clinical outcomes in patients with non-cirrhotic nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with liver fibrosis.

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