Role of Nutritional Intervention for the Treatment of Sarcopenia in Cirrhotic Patients with Refractory Ascites Candidate to Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Placement and Identification of Prognostic Factors Related to Clinical Outcome

Conditions

• Liver Cirrhosis
• Refractory Ascites in Patients with Cirrhosis
• Sarcopenia in Liver Cirrhosis

Interventions

• DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT: 12-week nutritional intervention with Friliver dispensing
• OTHER: 12-week nutritional intervention with personalized diet
• OTHER: 12-week nutritional intervention with diet diary to report foods eaten.

Sponsor

The Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies