Clinical trial Recruiting at 1 site Interventional Ages 18 to 55

Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography to help living liver donors and their recipients

Official title: Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography in Living Liver Donors and Its Relationship With Post Operative Recipient Biliary Complications - Open Label Randomised Controlled Trial

Run by Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India · NCT07715500 · Data updated 2026-11-12

This study tests whether preoperative MRCP imaging can help select living liver donors and reduce biliary complications in recipients.

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Quick facts

Study typeInterventional
Ages18 Years to 55 Years
SexAll
Enrollment100 (estimated)
SponsorInstitute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India
Academic / other
Locations1 site (New Delhi)
StatusRecruiting
StartedJuly 1, 2025
Main results expectedJuly 15, 2026
Study endsAugust 30, 2026
Registry record updatedJuly 20, 2026
Trial IDNCT07715500 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Is this trial a fit for you?

Likely a good fit

Ideal candidates are prospective voluntary healthy liver donors aged 18–55 who meet standard donor criteria.

Probably not a fit

Donors with certain biliary anatomies or anatomical variants excluded by the study criteria may not benefit from this imaging approach.

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This interventional study examines how magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) maps biliary anatomy in living liver donors. It aims to inform donor selection and surgical planning to improve biliary reconstruction in liver transplantation. The approach relies on MRCP as a noninvasive imaging step before surgery. The study emphasizes intraoperative confirmation of biliary anatomy as part of the planning process. The setting is a single center in New Delhi, India.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, MRCP mapping could reduce biliary complications for recipients and improve donor safety through better surgical planning.

How similar studies have gone: Previous work supports the value of detailed biliary imaging for donor selection and surgical planning, though the exact impact of MRCP in this setting is being explored.

Who can join: the full rules

Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

* All prospective voluntary healthy liver donor of age 18-55

Exclusion Criteria:

* Type C/D Portal vein anatomy
* Left sided Gallbladder
* Right Posterior Graft
* Recipients undergoing Hepaticojejunostomy

Where it's running

  • Ilbs
    New Delhi, India
    Recruiting

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How to take part

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