# Endoscopic Shunts Embolization for Refractory Hepatic Encephalopathy

> **NCT07553858** · NA · NOT_YET_RECRUITING · sponsor: **Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey** · enrollment: 34 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Hepatic Encephalopathy
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Portal Shunt Systemic

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Endoscopic ultrasound-guided transgastric embolization of the spontaneous portosystemic shunts
- **PROCEDURE:** Interventional Radiology for shunt embolization/retrograde tranvenous obliteration

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT07553858
- **Lead sponsor:** Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2026-05-01
- **Primary completion:** 2027-11-01
- **Final completion:** 2028-11-01
- **Target enrollment:** 34 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-28


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07553858

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT07553858, "Endoscopic Shunts Embolization for Refractory Hepatic Encephalopathy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT07553858. Licensed CC0.

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