Trial Outcomes & Findings for BreathID 13C-Methacetin Breath Test for Detecting Cirrhosis (NCT NCT00736840)

NCT ID: NCT00736840

Last Updated: 2023-01-12

Results Overview

"Hepatic Impairment Score" (HIS) is a score based on breath test parameters and demographic parameters of the subject being tested. A HIS value greater than 0.14 would mean that the subject is likely to be cirrhotic (based on biopsy result as the gold standard). The HIS is a probability score,i.e. ranges from 0 to 1, where 0 would mean the lowest probability of having liver cirrhosis and 1 would be the highest probability of having liver cirrhosis. This would be compared to the actual biopsy result of cirrhosis detection as the gold standard.

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

PHASE3

Target enrollment

414 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

Study day 1 after a 1 hour test

Results posted on

2023-01-12

Participant Flow

414 subjects were collected in 11 sites; 8 in the United states and 3 in Israel. Recruitment began in August 2008 and was completed Sep 2009.

4 sites, 1 in Israel and 3 in the United States recruited most of the subjects. Patients with chronic liver disease and recent biopsies performed or planned were approached. Exclusion criteria focused mostly on issues that would affect accuracy of breath test.

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
CLD (Chronic Liver Disease)
Chronic liver disease subjects with recent (within 3 months)liver biopsy will be tested with the 13C methacetin breath test, which entails connecting the subject via a nasal cannula to the BreathID analyzer and after measuring baseline breath, have the subject drink 150cc of aqueous solution which contains 75 mg of 13C -labeled methacetin (Intervention material)
Overall Study
STARTED
414
Overall Study
COMPLETED
401
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
13

Reasons for withdrawal

Reasons for withdrawal
Measure
CLD (Chronic Liver Disease)
Chronic liver disease subjects with recent (within 3 months)liver biopsy will be tested with the 13C methacetin breath test, which entails connecting the subject via a nasal cannula to the BreathID analyzer and after measuring baseline breath, have the subject drink 150cc of aqueous solution which contains 75 mg of 13C -labeled methacetin (Intervention material)
Overall Study
Lost to Follow-up
13

Baseline Characteristics

BreathID 13C-Methacetin Breath Test for Detecting Cirrhosis

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
CLD (Chronic Liver Disease)
n=414 Participants
Chronic liver disease subjects with recent (within 3 months)liver biopsy will be tested with the 13C methacetin breath test, which entails connecting the subject via a nasal cannula to the BreathID analyzer and after measuring baseline breath, have the subject drink 150cc of aqueous solution which contains 75 mg of 13C -labeled methacetin (Intervention material)
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
374 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
39 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age, Continuous
51.3 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.9 • n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
178 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
236 Participants
n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
327 participants
n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Israel
87 participants
n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: Study day 1 after a 1 hour test

Population: The primary efficacy was conducted on all evaluable subject data in the full analysis (FA)set with biopsy confirmed cirrhosis.

"Hepatic Impairment Score" (HIS) is a score based on breath test parameters and demographic parameters of the subject being tested. A HIS value greater than 0.14 would mean that the subject is likely to be cirrhotic (based on biopsy result as the gold standard). The HIS is a probability score,i.e. ranges from 0 to 1, where 0 would mean the lowest probability of having liver cirrhosis and 1 would be the highest probability of having liver cirrhosis. This would be compared to the actual biopsy result of cirrhosis detection as the gold standard.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
CLD (Chronic Liver Disease)
n=146 Participants
Chronic liver disease subjects with recent (within 3 months)liver biopsy will be tested with the 13C methacetin breath test, which entails connecting the subject via a nasal cannula to the BreathID analyzer and after measuring baseline breath, have the subject drink 150cc of aqueous solution which contains 75 mg of 13C -labeled methacetin (Intervention material)
Number of Subjects With Likelihood of Cirrhosis Based on "Hepatic Impairment Score" (HIS)
146 Participants
Interval 66.07 to 80.88

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: At study day 1 after 1 hour test

The AUC represents a summary measure of the ROC curve and is the accuracy of the HIS in detecting cirrhosis compared to the gold standard of biopsy.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
CLD (Chronic Liver Disease)
n=414 Participants
Chronic liver disease subjects with recent (within 3 months)liver biopsy will be tested with the 13C methacetin breath test, which entails connecting the subject via a nasal cannula to the BreathID analyzer and after measuring baseline breath, have the subject drink 150cc of aqueous solution which contains 75 mg of 13C -labeled methacetin (Intervention material)
AUC of ROC (Area Under Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve)
0.785 Probability
Interval 0.737 to 0.834

Adverse Events

CLD (Chronic Liver Disease)

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Clinical Trial Manager

Exalenz Bioscience

Phone: 972-8-9737500

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee Any manuscript, abstract or other publication or presentation of results or information arising from the study (including ancillary studies involving trial patients) must be prepared in conjunction with Exalenz. Such materials must be submitted to Exalenz for review and comment at least 30 days prior to submission for publication or presentation.
  • Publication restrictions are in place

Restriction type: OTHER