Evaluation of Albumin and Midodrine Versus Albumin Alone in Outcome of Refractory Ascites in Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis.

NCT ID: NCT04816240

Last Updated: 2021-06-15

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-05-15

Study Completion Date

2022-03-19

Brief Summary

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The project is about evaluation of albumin and midodrine versus albumin alone in outcome of refractory ascites in patients with decompensated cirrhosis.

Cirrhosis is a leading cause of disability and mortality worldwide. Cirrhosis occurs in 50% of patients over 10 years. Decompensated cirrhosis carries a poor prognosis because the median survival time is about 2 years and it imposes a heavy burden on health care costs mainly due to the need for repeated hospital admission. The mortality is approximately 40% at 1 year and 50% at 2 years (12.7 per 100,000 population). A lot of times the prognosis is poor and the main factors leading to it are - AKI/HRS-NAKI, Hyponatremia, Grade of ascites-Refractory ascites, Sarcopenia, low Mean arterial pressure.

Post review of the literature, it is realized that there are some gap areas -

* It is unknown whether combination of vasoconstrictor with albumin further decreases the need for paracentesis in patients of refractory ascites.
* There are no studies till date on using combination of vasoconstrictor with albumin for refractory ascites.
* There are no studies evaluating the prevalence and incidence of HRS-NAKI using the new definitions in patients with refractory ascites and impact of combining vasoconstrictor and albumin in improving renal outcomes in these patients.

Detailed Description

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Study population All patients with decompensated cirrhosis with refractory ascites who get admitted under the Department of Hepatology at Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, who fulfilthe inclusion criteria, exclusion criteria and provide informed consent

* Study design Single Centre Placebo Controlled an open level Randomised Controlled Trial
* Study period 1 year from ethics approval.
* Sample size Assuming that survival rate with albumin and midodrine is 80%, whereas with albumin alone is 60% ( ie. 20% absolute difference is observed with alpha of 5% power so we need to enroll 170 cases allotted in 2 groups further taking 10% as dropout rate. It was decided to enroll 200 cases allotted in 2 groups randomly by block randomization method taking block size as 10
* Intervention Group A will be treated with SMT + Albumin + Midodrine (5mg thrice daily and will be increased every 3 days upto 15 mg thrice daily with target MAP (\>75 mm and \<90) and Group B with SMT + Albumin: 80grams/week for 2 weeks followed by 40gram/week + Placebo

Stopping ruleAdverse reaction to Albumin

* Cardiopulmonary compromise
* Allergic reaction

Conditions

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Liver Cirrhosis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Midodrine + Albumin +Standard Medical Treatment

SMT + Albumin + Midodrine (5mg thrice daily and will be increased every 3 days upto 15 mg thrice daily with target MAP (\>75 mm and \<90).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Midodrine

Intervention Type DRUG

5mg thrice daily and will be increased every 3 days upto 15 mg thrice daily with target MAP (\>75 mm and \<90)

Albumin

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

80grams/week for 2 weeks followed by 40gram/week

Standard Medical Treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Standard Medical Treatment

Albumin + Standard Medical Treatment+ Placebo

80grams/week for 2 weeks followed by 40gram/week + Placebo

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Albumin

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

80grams/week for 2 weeks followed by 40gram/week

Standard Medical Treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Standard Medical Treatment

Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

Placebo

Interventions

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Midodrine

5mg thrice daily and will be increased every 3 days upto 15 mg thrice daily with target MAP (\>75 mm and \<90)

Intervention Type DRUG

Albumin

80grams/week for 2 weeks followed by 40gram/week

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Standard Medical Treatment

Standard Medical Treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Placebo

Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

\- Cirrhosis with refractory ascites

Exclusion Criteria

\- Recent Gastrointestinal bleeding within 7 days

* Systemic arterial hypertension (\>160/90mmhg)
* Presence of hepatocellular carcinoma or portal vein thrombosis, Budd-chiari syndrome.
* Pregnancy
* No use of drugs affecting systemic hemodynamics 7 days prior to enrolment
* Patients with Cardiovascular disease (NYHA \> II) or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
* Refusal to participate
* Known or suspected hypersensitivity to albumin
* Prior TIPS
* Post liver or kidney transplantation
* Patients enrolled in other clinical trials
* Extrahepatic malignancy
* Patients on cardiac glycosides like digoxin, phenylephrine, ephedrine, thyroid hormones, ergot derivatives, salt retaining steroids like fludrocortisone, MAO inhibitors, alpha blockers metformin and ranitidine (known to have interactions with midodrine)
* Patients with intrinsic kidney disease, organ nephropathy and CKD stage 4 and
* MELD \> 30 and extremely moribend patient
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences

New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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India

Central Contacts

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Dr Priti Gupta, MD

Role: CONTACT

01146300000

Facility Contacts

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Dr Priti Gupta, MD

Role: primary

01146300000

Other Identifiers

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ILBS-Cirrhosis-40

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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