Study to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of LifeLiver in Acute or Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Patients

NCT ID: NCT03882346

Last Updated: 2020-04-28

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-03-29

Study Completion Date

2022-06-30

Brief Summary

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This is a prospective, comparative, open label, phase 2b study designed to investigate the safety and efficacy of LifeLiver (an Extracorporeal Bio Artificial Liver). The study will recruit approximately 40 acute or acute-on-chronic liver failure patients.

Detailed Description

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Patient should have acute or acute-on-chronic liver failure and be registered in KONOS (Korean Network for Organ Sharing) system as a candidate of liver transplantation. Patients who meet the eligibility criteria will be assigned to control group or experimental group. Experimental group patients will receive LifeLiver treatment in addition to the best supportive care for the disease.

Primary Objective:

1\. To evaluate the efficacy of LifeLiver in terms of a comparison of 30 day-survival rate between control group and experimental group. (after patient's KONOS (Korean Network for Organ Sharing) registration date)

Secondary Objective:

1. To compare a median value of 2 week-survival rate and duration of survival between both study groups
2. Survival analysis respect to each group of patients divided according to the KONOS status
3. To investigate safety and change of overall efficacy indicators in terms of Glasgow Coma Scale, West Heaven Criteria for hepatic encephalopathy, MELD (Model for End-stage Liver Disease) score, blood ammonia, inflammatory cytokine

Conditions

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Acute Liver Failure Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

This is a parallel, open label study
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Control Group

Patients in Control Group will receive best supportive care for the disease.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Experimental Group

Patients in Experimental Group will receive LifeLiver treatment in addition to best supportive care for the disease.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

LifeLiver

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

LifeLiver is an extracorporeal bioartificial liver (BAL) system. The system has shown remarkable detoxification capacity and sustained hepatic functions and also provides a bridge to transplant for patients who are unable to receive timely liver transplantation.

Interventions

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LifeLiver

LifeLiver is an extracorporeal bioartificial liver (BAL) system. The system has shown remarkable detoxification capacity and sustained hepatic functions and also provides a bridge to transplant for patients who are unable to receive timely liver transplantation.

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18 to 60 years of age
* Acute or acute-on-chronic liver failure patients who is waiting for liver transplantation (KONOS liver transplant emergency grade 2 or 3)
* Hepatic encephalopathy grade II or above
* The following laboratory values must be documented within the screening period:

* INR (international normalized ratio) 2.0 or above
* Serum ammonia 56 micromole/L or above
* Total bilirubin 5mg/dL or above
* Body weight 45kg or above
* Patient who can not expect effective treatment or prolonged survival
* Patient or patient's legal representative willing to provide informed consent and commit to study procedures

Exclusion Criteria

* Patient who has contraindication to plasmapheresis
* Severe hypotension (systolic blood pressure 80mmHg or less)
* Platelet \< 15,000/mm3
* Contraindications to liver transplantation (sepsis, severe heart disease, uncontrollable hemorrhage, irreversible brain damage)
* Cerebral hemorrhage
* Positive HIV infection
* Serious or life-threatening hemorrhage just before initiation of the study
* Patients with high gastrointestinal bleeding tendency (a history or suspicion of gastrointestinal bleeding within last 3 months)
* Hepatocellular carcinoma patient with 7 (or more) tumors or a 6cm (or larger) diameter single tumor
* Pregnant or lactating women
* Antibiotics (beta-lactam family) hypersensitive and streptomycin, amphotericin B sensitive patients
* Patients with inappropriate condition to participate the study under investigator's judgement
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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HLB Cell Co., Ltd.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Dong Hyun Sinn, MD, Ph.D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Samsung Medical Center

Locations

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Samsung Medical Center

Seoul, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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South Korea

Central Contacts

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Younyoung Hwang

Role: CONTACT

+82-2-2627-6773

Eunyoung Kim

Role: CONTACT

+82-2-2627-6791

Facility Contacts

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Sanghoon Lee, MD, Ph.D

Role: primary

+82-2-3410-0928

Other Identifiers

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LC-BAL-18

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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