Therapeutic plasma-exchange improves short-term, but not long-term, outcomes in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure: A propensity score-matched analysis.

Shekhar SwaroopUmang AroraSagnik BiswasManas VaishnavPiyush PathakAnkit AgarwalRithvik GollaBhaskar ThakurPoonam CoshicVijay AndriyasKamini GuptaAnshuman ElhenceBaibaswat NayakRamesh Kumar. Shalimar

Published in: Journal of clinical apheresis (2022)

TPE improves short-term survival in patients with ACLF, but has no significant impact on long-term outcomes. Randomized control trials are needed to obtain a robust conclusion in this regard.

Keyphrases

liver failure
hepatitis b virus
double blind
open label
placebo controlled
phase iii
clinical trial
free survival
data analysis