HOPE to Reduce Tumour Recurrence After LT In Patients With HCC
NCT ID: NCT05876052
Last Updated: 2023-05-25
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
192 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2023-05-31
2025-05-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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A recent therapeutic strategy used to reduce the incidence and severity of IRI and to improve outcomes after transplantation is ex vivo HOPE. Which allows to redirect anaerobic metabolism to aerobic metabolism under hypothermic conditions, protect grafts from oxidative species-related damage, improve graft function and may potentially reduce cancer recurrence after liver transplantation.
A multicentre, prospective, two-arm, randomized, controlled, clinical trial will be performed; four Italian centres (Bologna, Palermo, Pisa e Torino) will be involved. A total of 192 patients with a history of HCC or active HCC, already present or about to be placed in the liver transplantation waiting list of the four transplantation center will be enroll. The liver grafts will be randomized in two groups to compare HOPE and SCS preservation before transplantation. For each group evaluation of clinical outcomes, graft function tests, histologic findings, perfusate, tumor characteristics, and recurrence will be done during follow up visit; 1-3-6 and 12 months after transplantation.
Livers assigned to HOPE group will be perfused by machine perfusion with cold Belzer solution (4°-10°C) and with continuous oxygenation (partial pressure of oxygen = 500-600 mmHg). Organs will be perfused from the start of the back-table procedure until implantation, without increasing cold ischemia time (CIT).
In the control group livers undergoing SCS will be steeped in cold Celsior or Belzer solutions and stored in ice. Presence of bacterial and/or fungal contamination will be tested by setting up microbiological cultures from the preservation fluid, before and after treatment in both groups.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Hypothermic oxygenated Perfusion - HOPE
Belzer machine perfusion solution at 4°C-10°C in sterile conditions and continuous oxygenation (partial pressure of oxygen=500-600 mmHg) will be used for perfusion, 3000 ml for livers, 1-3 hours.
Liver perfusion will be performed through the portal vein at a 5 mmHg pressure. Flow, pressure and temperature will be monitored and registered on REDCap software during organ perfusion. Gas analysis of the effluent perfusate (partial pressure O2 and CO2, pH, lactate and glutamate production) will be accomplished every 15 minutes.
Hypothermic oxygenated Perfusion - HOPE
HOPE will start by flushing the organ at low flow values (30 ml/min) with new oxygenated perfusion fluid during back-table preparation. Organ will be treated with continuous HOPE until transplant. Organ perfusion will be continuously monitored. Minimal perfusion time will be 1 hour for livers.
Static Cold Storage - SCS
Livers undergoing SCS will be stored in sterile organ bags with Belzer or Celsior solution and cooled in ice until transplant.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Hypothermic oxygenated Perfusion - HOPE
HOPE will start by flushing the organ at low flow values (30 ml/min) with new oxygenated perfusion fluid during back-table preparation. Organ will be treated with continuous HOPE until transplant. Organ perfusion will be continuously monitored. Minimal perfusion time will be 1 hour for livers.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Donation after circulatory death (DBD) donor with standard or extended criteria
Exclusion Criteria
* Split Transplantation
* Combined Transplantation
* Donation after cardiac death (DCD)Transplantation
* Re-transplantation
* Patient whose liver graft will undergo ex-vivo machine perfusion for medical decision, regardless the study
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Pisana
OTHER
The Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies
OTHER
A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza
OTHER
IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
OTHER
University of Bologna
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Matteo Ravaioli, Professor
Clinical Professor
Locations
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IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
Bologna, , Italy
Countries
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References
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Bodzin AS, Lunsford KE, Markovic D, Harlander-Locke MP, Busuttil RW, Agopian VG. Predicting Mortality in Patients Developing Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Liver Transplantation: Impact of Treatment Modality and Recurrence Characteristics. Ann Surg. 2017 Jul;266(1):118-125. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001894.
Boteon YL, Afford SC. Machine perfusion of the liver: Which is the best technique to mitigate ischaemia-reperfusion injury? World J Transplant. 2019 Jan 16;9(1):14-20. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v9.i1.14.
Czigany Z, Schoning W, Ulmer TF, Bednarsch J, Amygdalos I, Cramer T, Rogiers X, Popescu I, Botea F, Fronek J, Kroy D, Koch A, Tacke F, Trautwein C, Tolba RH, Hein M, Koek GH, Dejong CHC, Neumann UP, Lurje G. Hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion (HOPE) for orthotopic liver transplantation of human liver allografts from extended criteria donors (ECD) in donation after brain death (DBD): a prospective multicentre randomised controlled trial (HOPE ECD-DBD). BMJ Open. 2017 Oct 10;7(10):e017558. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017558.
Dutkowski P, Polak WG, Muiesan P, Schlegel A, Verhoeven CJ, Scalera I, DeOliveira ML, Kron P, Clavien PA. First Comparison of Hypothermic Oxygenated PErfusion Versus Static Cold Storage of Human Donation After Cardiac Death Liver Transplants: An International-matched Case Analysis. Ann Surg. 2015 Nov;262(5):764-70; discussion 770-1. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001473.
Ravaioli M, De Pace V, Angeletti A, Comai G, Vasuri F, Baldassarre M, Maroni L, Odaldi F, Fallani G, Caraceni P, Germinario G, Donadei C, Malvi D, Del Gaudio M, Bertuzzo VR, Siniscalchi A, Ranieri VM, D'Errico A, Pasquinelli G, Morelli MC, Pinna AD, Cescon M, La Manna G. Hypothermic Oxygenated New Machine Perfusion System in Liver and Kidney Transplantation of Extended Criteria Donors:First Italian Clinical Trial. Sci Rep. 2020 Apr 8;10(1):6063. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-62979-9.
Schlegel A, Muller X, Dutkowski P. Machine perfusion strategies in liver transplantation. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2019 Oct;8(5):490-501. doi: 10.21037/hbsn.2019.04.04.
Belzer FO, Southard JH. Principles of solid-organ preservation by cold storage. Transplantation. 1988 Apr;45(4):673-6. doi: 10.1097/00007890-198804000-00001. No abstract available.
Olthoff KM, Kulik L, Samstein B, Kaminski M, Abecassis M, Emond J, Shaked A, Christie JD. Validation of a current definition of early allograft dysfunction in liver transplant recipients and analysis of risk factors. Liver Transpl. 2010 Aug;16(8):943-9. doi: 10.1002/lt.22091.
Schlegel A, Muller X, Dutkowski P. Hypothermic Machine Preservation of the Liver: State of the Art. Curr Transplant Rep. 2018;5(1):93-102. doi: 10.1007/s40472-018-0183-z. Epub 2018 Jan 22.
Ravaioli M, Germinario G, Dajti G, Sessa M, Vasuri F, Siniscalchi A, Morelli MC, Serenari M, Del Gaudio M, Zanfi C, Odaldi F, Bertuzzo VR, Maroni L, Laurenzi A, Cescon M. Hypothermic oxygenated perfusion in extended criteria donor liver transplantation-A randomized clinical trial. Am J Transplant. 2022 Oct;22(10):2401-2408. doi: 10.1111/ajt.17115. Epub 2022 Jun 21.
Other Identifiers
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POTERE
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Identifier Source: org_study_id
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