The purpose of this study is to understand how liverdisease affects thinking and memory, both before and after transplant. Participants will take a cognitive test, which will be a series of tasks and questions similar to a video game, at home on their own computers, tablets, or phones. This will…
The main purpose of this study is to deeply characterize cognitive function in liver transplant recipients, differentiate among different causes of cognitive impairment, and identify contributors to cognitive impairment. Participants will receive a comprehensive neurological exam, cognitive assessment, neuropsychological…
The purpose of this study is to learn more about the effects of functional status (also known as "frailty") using a physical test in patients with liverdisease on their health outcomes. We are enrolling patients prior to liver transplantation, and will continue to…
The purpose of this observational research study is to identify things that contribute to outcomes in patients with alcohol-associated liverdisease who are being considered for liver transplant and who have less than 6 months of sobriety. We will look at many…
This is a prospective, randomized, multi-center, controlled study for subjects with end stage liverdisease who require a liver transplant, comparing whole liver preservation via hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) using the LLT System…
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of siplizumab when used as induction immunosuppression in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis or autoimmune hepatitis undergoing liver transplantation. Induction immunosuppression drugs are very potent anti-rejection drugs that are given immediately after…
The purpose of this study is to compare the time to onset of an episode of overt HE, in subjects with previously demonstrated overt HE after treatment with rifaximin 550 mg BID and lactulose, or rifaximin 550 mg BID. Subjects will be screened to confirm eligibility into the study. Once confirmed, subjects will begin the treatment phase and will be randomly…
The purpose of this study is to find out how doctors describe hepatic encephalopathy episodes in patients medical records in the course of their regular practice. The aim of the study is simply to collect information from their medical records about how their episodes of overt hepatic encephalopathy are described. There is nothing that will be required of…