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Study NCT ID: NCT01383460
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2016-12-06
First Post: 2011-06-26
Is Gene Therapy: True
Has Adverse Events: False

Brief Title: Efficacy of Granulocyte Colony-stimulating Factor and Erythropoetin for Patients With Acute-on-chronic Liver Failure
Sponsor: Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India
Organization:

Study Overview

Official Title: Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial to Assess the Efficacy of Granulocyte Colony-stimulating Factor (G-CSF) and Erythropoetin (EPO) in the Survival of Patients With Acute-on-chronic Liver Failure (ACLF)
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2012-07
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: 50 patients of Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) will be enrolled and randomized into G-CSF+EPO or Placebo arms

Treatment protocol To administer G-CSF (in prefilled syringe) at a dose of 5 µg/kg s/c at days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and then every 3rd day till day 28 (total 12 doses), along with Darbopoetin alpha 100 mcg/ week (in prefilled syringe) for 4 weeks (total 4 doses).

Standard medical therapy included as per requirement lactulose, bowel wash, albumin, terlipressin, antibiotics (if indicated) will be continued and recorded. Pentoxiphylline in alcoholic hepatitis and Tenofovir in Hep B reactivation Controls: Standard medical therapy will be given along with placebo in similar prefilled syringes.

Follow up Physical examination will be done daily, after 1 week and at 4 weeks, at 2 months, at 3 months and at 6 months CBC on alternate day for 1 week, at end of 1 week and then at end of 4 weeks , at 2 months, at 3 months and at 6 months

KFT on alternate day for 1 week, at end of 1 week and then at end of 4 weeks, at 2 months, at 3 months and at 6 months LFT along with PT/INR on alternate day for 1 week, at end of 1 week and then at end of 4 weeks, at 2 months, at 3 months and at 6 months AFP at baseline, after 4 weeks, at 3 months and at 6 months Liver regenerative potential efficacy testing at baseline and after 4 weeks
Detailed Description: 50 patients of ACLF will be enrolled and randomized into G-CSF+EPO or Placebo arms

Baseline investigations:

* Hematology

* CBC, Prothrombin time and INR
* Peripheral smear, Retics
* Biochemistry

* Liver function testing, AFP
* Kidney function test
* Etiology of acute event:

* Infectious etiology: IgM anti HAV, IgM anti HEV, IgM anti HBc ( If HBsAg +ve), IgM anti HDV ( If HBsAg +ve), HEV RNA
* Non Infectious etiology: Alcohol binging in last 4 weeks, hepatotoxic drugs, ANA (\>1: 80), IgG , surgeries in past 4 weeks, acute variceal bleed within 4 weeks
* Etiology of underlying chronic liver disease :

* Infectious etiology: total antiHBc, anti HCV, HCV RNA, HBV DNA
* Non infectious etiology: Autoimmune markers, copper studies, iron studies, HOMA IR, FBS Ascitic fluid analysis ( wherever its possible) UGI endoscopy Imaging USG abdomen with Doppler for spleno-portal axis CECT- Triple phase upper abdomen Liver regenerative potential efficacy testing (wherever it is possible) Histology ( by transjugular liver biopsy) Liver Dendritic cells ( CD11c, CD40, CD 54, CD 123, BDCA 2 staining) by flow cytometry CD 34+ cells and CD 133+ cells measurement in hepatic venous blood, peripheral blood and liver biopsy by flow cytometry Markers of proliferation like ki- 67, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in hepatic venous blood and liver biopsy Markers of angiogenesis like VEGF, v WF in hepatic venous blood Measurement of Hepatic venous pressure gradient ( HVPG)

Treatment protocol To administer G-CSF (in prefilled syringe) at a dose of 5 µg/kg s/c at days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and then every 3rd day till day 28 (total 12 doses), along with Darbopoetin alpha 100 mcg/ week (in prefilled syringe) for 4 weeks (total 4 doses).

Standard medical therapy included as per requirement lactulose, bowel wash, albumin, terlipressin, antibiotics (if indicated) will be continued and recorded. Pentoxiphylline in alcoholic hepatitis and Tenofovir in Hep B reactivation Controls: Standard medical therapy will be given along with placebo in similar prefilled syringes.

Follow up Physical examination will be done daily, after 1 week and at 4 weeks, at 2 months, at 3 months and at 6 months CBC on alternate day for 1 week, at end of 1 week and then at end of 4 weeks , at 2 months, at 3 months and at 6 months

KFT on alternate day for 1 week, at end of 1 week and then at end of 4 weeks, at 2 months, at 3 months and at 6 months LFT along with PT/INR on alternate day for 1 week, at end of 1 week and then at end of 4 weeks, at 2 months, at 3 months and at 6 months AFP at baseline, after 4 weeks, at 3 months and at 6 months Liver regenerative potential efficacy testing at baseline and after 4 weeks

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: False
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: None
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: