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Lead
Johns Hopkins University
With
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
The research study is designed to improve the investigators' understanding of early liver transplantation for patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis. The goal of this research is twofold:
1. Establish a knowledge base necessary for appropriate liver transplant candidate selection by quantifying post-ELT mortality for SAH and compare to outcomes to liver transplantation for other indications
2. Develop an ethical framework for implementation of these transplants for SAH based on the opinions of healthcare providers and the general public.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Patients with Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis (SAH) listed for liver transplantation at Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH), have not been sober for at least 6 months at time of waitlisting, and are at least 18 years old.
Patients 18 years or older undergoing liver transplantation at JHH for alcoholic liver disease and were sober for at least 6 months prior to transplantation.
You may not be if
Non-SAH patients listed for liver transplantation at JHH and patients who have been sober for at least 6 months at the time of waitlisting.
