# Bariatric Embolization of Arteries in Obese Patients With HCC to Allow Salvage Liver Transplantation

> **NCT02935478** · NA · SUSPENDED · sponsor: **St. Louis University** · enrollment: 8 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Obesity
- Weight Loss
- Body Weight
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- HCC
- Hepatitis C
- Cirrhosis

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Embospheres Microspheres

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02935478
- **Lead sponsor:** St. Louis University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** SUSPENDED
- **Start date:** 2017-10-18
- **Primary completion:** 2026-12
- **Final completion:** 2027-12
- **Target enrollment:** 8 (ESTIMATED)
- **Why stopped:** IRB reviewing study conduct and adverse events
- **Last updated:** 2025-02-06


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02935478

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02935478, "Bariatric Embolization of Arteries in Obese Patients With HCC to Allow Salvage Liver Transplantation". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02935478. Licensed CC0.

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