Effect of Saccharomyces Boulardii in Patients in the Waiting List for Liver Transplant

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of Saccharomyces boulardii in patients in the waiting list for liver transplant.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Federal University of Minas Gerais

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients in the waiting list for liver transplant with viral, alcoholic or cryptogenic cirrhosis

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients younger than 18 years or older than 65 years.

• patients with renal failure, congestive heart failure, nephrotic syndrome, diabetes and thyroid diseases that interfered with absorption, flux of water and solutes and intestinal motility, in order to avoid interference with the intestinal permeability tests