# Alfapump System Versus Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt and Paracentesis in the Treatment of Ascites

> **NCT02612519** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **University of Leipzig** · enrollment: 15 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Liver Cirrhosis

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Alfapump
- **DEVICE:** TIPS

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02612519
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Leipzig
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2015-11
- **Primary completion:** 2019-04-30
- **Final completion:** 2019-04-30
- **Target enrollment:** 15 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** low recruitement rate
- **Last updated:** 2019-07-31


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02612519

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02612519, "Alfapump System Versus Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt and Paracentesis in the Treatment of Ascites". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-08 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02612519. Licensed CC0.

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