Usefulness of the Variation of the CLIF-C ACLF Score in Patients With Acute on Chronic Liver Failure

NCT ID: NCT04186572

Last Updated: 2019-12-10

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-12-31

Study Completion Date

2021-12-31

Brief Summary

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Patients with Acute on Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) have high short-term mortality. The use of a severity score could define the patient's prognosis and would help determine in whom the treatment is effective or futile.

Detailed Description

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Acute on Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) is a syndrome characterized by the presence of an acute decompensation of cirrhosis, associated with failure of at least one other organ or extra hepatic system. It is characterized by high mortality in the short term and its prevalence varies between countries and regions.

It is an extraordinarily dynamic entity in which more than 50% of patients with less severe forms improve, while in those with 3 or more organ failures, the transplant rate is low and mortality is 90%. It is important to highlight that those patients with ACLF who manage to be transplanted have the same survival as cirrhotic patients without ACLF. There is no specific treatment, only life support and early determination of the precipitating factor and its eventual resolution.

Having tools that define the short-term prognosis of these patients, especially the variation of the score (CLIF-C ACLF) during the first week, would have an important clinical relevance, because it can help define the patients who benefit from the supportive treatment and in whom the therapeutic effort is futile.

The biomarker Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin (NGAL) is increased in plasma and urine in patients with ACLF and could help improve the prognostic ability of the CLIF-C ACLF score.

Conditions

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Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure

Keywords

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Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure Liver Failure

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Acute on Chronic Liver Failure

Exclusion Criteria

* Acute liver failure, terminal disease, pregnancy, previous liver transplant
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Hospital El Cruce

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Nestor Pistillo

Head of Intensive Care Unit at Hospital El Cruce

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

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Nestor Pistillo, MD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 54-011 4210-9000

Email: [email protected]

José I Retta, MD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 54-011 4210-9000

Email: [email protected]

References

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Moreau R, Jalan R, Gines P, Pavesi M, Angeli P, Cordoba J, Durand F, Gustot T, Saliba F, Domenicali M, Gerbes A, Wendon J, Alessandria C, Laleman W, Zeuzem S, Trebicka J, Bernardi M, Arroyo V; CANONIC Study Investigators of the EASL-CLIF Consortium. Acute-on-chronic liver failure is a distinct syndrome that develops in patients with acute decompensation of cirrhosis. Gastroenterology. 2013 Jun;144(7):1426-37, 1437.e1-9. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.02.042. Epub 2013 Mar 6.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23474284 (View on PubMed)

Jalan R, Gines P, Olson JC, Mookerjee RP, Moreau R, Garcia-Tsao G, Arroyo V, Kamath PS. Acute-on chronic liver failure. J Hepatol. 2012 Dec;57(6):1336-48. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2012.06.026. Epub 2012 Jun 28.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22750750 (View on PubMed)

Gustot T, Fernandez J, Garcia E, Morando F, Caraceni P, Alessandria C, Laleman W, Trebicka J, Elkrief L, Hopf C, Solis-Munoz P, Saliba F, Zeuzem S, Albillos A, Benten D, Montero-Alvarez JL, Chivas MT, Concepcion M, Cordoba J, McCormick A, Stauber R, Vogel W, de Gottardi A, Welzel TM, Domenicali M, Risso A, Wendon J, Deulofeu C, Angeli P, Durand F, Pavesi M, Gerbes A, Jalan R, Moreau R, Gines P, Bernardi M, Arroyo V; CANONIC Study Investigators of the EASL-CLIF Consortium. Clinical Course of acute-on-chronic liver failure syndrome and effects on prognosis. Hepatology. 2015 Jul;62(1):243-52. doi: 10.1002/hep.27849. Epub 2015 May 29.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25877702 (View on PubMed)

Bajaj JS, O'Leary JG, Reddy KR, Wong F, Biggins SW, Patton H, Fallon MB, Garcia-Tsao G, Maliakkal B, Malik R, Subramanian RM, Thacker LR, Kamath PS; North American Consortium For The Study Of End-Stage Liver Disease (NACSELD). Survival in infection-related acute-on-chronic liver failure is defined by extrahepatic organ failures. Hepatology. 2014 Jul;60(1):250-6. doi: 10.1002/hep.27077. Epub 2014 May 29.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24677131 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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HCruce

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id