This is a randomized single-blind feasibility trial to test the utilization of home blood pressure devices to improve the clinical management of decompensated cirrhosis patients.
This is a feasibility trial to determine the feasibility of using home monitoring devices (e.g. blood pressure cuffs) to improve outcomes for cirrhosis patients.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
69
The intervention will be whether the data generated from home monitoring devices are shared with the clinical providers. The investigators are not testing the efficacy of these approved devices.
Standard of Care
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
Change in Mean Arterial Pressure
The investigators will compare the change in mean arterial pressure before and after utilization of the data generated from the home monitoring.
Time frame: Baseline and 24 Weeks
Change in Ascites Burden
The investigators will compare the change in ascites burden, defined as the total volume of ascites removed during the study period, before and after utilization of the data generated from the home monitoring.
Time frame: Baseline and 24 Weeks
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