Liver Failure AcutePhase 1NCT01345565
Hepatocyte Transplantation for Acute Decompensated Liver Failure
A Phase 1 study testing human hepatocytes in people with Liver Failure Acute, run by Ira Fox at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The purpose of this research study is to determine whether liver cell transplantation can provide help for patients with liver failure who are unlikely to survive without some form of liver support. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages Up to 21 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Liver Failure Acute
- What is being tested?
- human hepatocytes
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 0 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Mar 2011to Jan 2019
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Up to 21 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult
Who may be able to join
- Subjects will include those patients with ALF who are potential conventional liver transplant recipient candidates based on PELD criteria as well as those who would not be considered candidates for orthotopic liver transplantation (e.g. patients who appear to be too small or too ill for solid organ transplant or those who have a diagnosis that is a contradiction for whole organ transplantation, for example, systemic mitochondrial hepatopathy).
- If the patient is a candidate for orthotopic liver transplantation (per standard clinical criteria), they will be officially listed for liver transplantation as well as hepatocyte transplantation.
- If a subject is a potential conventional liver transplant recipient candidate and a donor liver is available; the patient will receive a solid organ transplant.
- Subjects ages 0-21 years old will be included in this study.
Who cannot join
- The patient has:
- Severe cardiovascular or respiratory disease at baseline and at the time of hepatocyte transplant as defined by
- Central venous pressure >25 mm Hg or if known, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure of >30 mg Hg or
- Oxygen saturation of <90% on > 60% oxygen OR a P/F ratio (Po2/FiO2) of <1.
- Hemodynamically significant gastrointestinal bleeding causing a systolic blood pressure <70mmHg at the time of transplantation.
- Uncorrectable coagulopathy despite use of plasmapheresis that would preclude any invasive procedures.
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- Leukopenia at the time of cell transplant, defined as an absolute neutrophil count of <500/µL.
- Known allergy to immunosuppression medications that are required post transplant procedure for the prevention of rejection.
- Active malignancy except those with acute liver failure during treatment with estimated life expectancies of >1 year if the malignancy is controlled.
- Sepsis or other active infection except those without evidence of hemodynamically significant uncontrollable systemic sepsis with positive blood or tissue cultures.
- Intrauterine pregnancy. All females of childbearing potential will receive a pregnancy test prior to enrollment.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15201
About this study
The purpose of this research study is to determine whether liver cell transplantation can provide help for patients with liver failure who are unlikely to survive without some form of liver support. The goal of this research study is to determine if liver cell transplants can be effective until a liver transplant is received or until patients recover from their liver failure.
Read the detailed description
Orthotopic liver transplantation has become the treatment of choice for patients with acute liver failure with poor prognostic signs. Survival following hepatic transplantation has improved in the last decade for a number of reasons. These include improvement in immunosuppression, improved methods for preserving and transporting organs, use of donors which had been previously considered unacceptable, use of reduced-sized grafts , and the use of living-donor hepatic transplantation. Despite encouraging survival statistics, there continues to be significant morbidity and mortality associated with hepatic transplantation. In addition, the success of hepatic transplantation has broadened the indications for this form of therapy without a concomitant increase in the number of donors available for these patients.
Since the development of a method for isolating primary hepatocytes by collagenase perfusion, many investigators have demonstrated the efficacy of hepatocyte transplantation in the treatment of liver failure and inherited metabolic disorders in experimental animals. Treatment of liver diseases with transplantation of isolated hepatocytes rather than the whole liver has several theoretical advantages. Unlike the whole liver, isolated hepatocytes could be cryopreserved for instant availability and could be modified genetically or otherwise to enhance specific functions, stimulate proliferation or abrogate allograft rejection. Hepatocyte transplantation should be less stressful than whole liver transplantation because the host organ remains intact. Since the transplanted cells integrate into the host liver, they could provide restorative potential and the consequences of graft loss would be relatively minor. In addition, hepatocyte transplantation would not interfere with subsequent liver transplantation, should that become necessary.
- Conditions
- Liver Failure Acute
- Being tested
- human hepatocytes
- Keywords
- fulminant hepatic failure
- Medical subject headings
- Liver Failure, Acute
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
human hepatocytesDrug
The intrahepatic site for liver cell transplantation has been associated with the best engraftment and function based on animal experiments. Several approaches for access to the portal vein will be considered. The technique used will be determined based on what is considered best for the child based on risk/benefit at the time.
We propose to attempt to infuse approximately 5-10% of the hepatic mass in order to provide improved hepatic function. Since we do not yet know from our experience so far the correct number of cells to transplant in order to improve function, we will continue to infuse hepatocytes as donors become available until the patient improves to the point where they are no longer meet the criteria for organ transplantation. The subject will be evaluated de novo and if they are a candidate for orthotopic liver transplantation they will receive the transplant.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Hepatocyte Transplantation | Experimental | See Below Receives: Drug: human hepatocytes |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Improvement in evidence of liver function at two weeks after hepatocyte transplant
The extent to which hepatocyte transplantation can elicit evidence of improvement in liver function in patients with acute decompensated liver failure not responding to medical management.
Measured: Two weeks after hepatocyte transplant
Secondary outcomes (2)
Immune Response
The extent to which the standard immune suppression medications used for solid organ transplantation can effectively control rejection and preserve the function of transplanted hepatocytes without leading to overwhelming infection or other medication related toxicities in the face of hepatic failure.
Measured: two weeks after hepatocyte transplant and monthly thereafter post hepatocyte transplant
Quality and Quantity of Hepatocytes
The relationship between number and quality of donor hepatocytes infused and engraftment in the livers of patients with the acute liver injury.
Measured: Two weeks after hepatocyte transplant
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted2 May 2011 (estimated)
- Study startMar 2011
- Primary completionJan 2019
- Study completionJan 2019
Why it stopped: A funding mechanism is not identified at this time
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (4)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Liver Failure AcuteStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 0 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Ira Fox
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor-investigator, Ira Fox, University of Pittsburgh
- Investigators
- Ira J Fox, MD, Principal investigator, University of Pittsburgh
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01345565
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- PRO09020051
- Status last verified
- Jan 2019
- First submitted
- 26 Apr 2011
- Last updated
- 23 Jan 2019
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Publications
Fox IJ, Chowdhury JR, Kaufman SS, Goertzen TC, Chowdhury NR, Warkentin PI, Dorko K, Sauter BV, Strom SC. Treatment of the Crigler-Najjar syndrome type I with hepatocyte transplantation. N Engl J Med. 1998 May 14;338(20):1422-6. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199805143382004. No abstract available.
PubMed 9580649Roger V, Balladur P, Honiger J, Baudrimont M, Delelo R, Robert A, Calmus Y, Capeau J, Nordlinger B. Internal bioartificial liver with xenogeneic hepatocytes prevents death from acute liver failure: an experimental study. Ann Surg. 1998 Jul;228(1):1-7. doi: 10.1097/00000658-199807000-00001.
PubMed 9671059Habibullah CM, Syed IH, Qamar A, Taher-Uz Z. Human fetal hepatocyte transplantation in patients with fulminant hepatic failure. Transplantation. 1994 Oct 27;58(8):951-2. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199410270-00016. No abstract available.
PubMed 7940741Gupta S, Aragona E, Vemuru RP, Bhargava KK, Burk RD, Chowdhury JR. Permanent engraftment and function of hepatocytes delivered to the liver: implications for gene therapy and liver repopulation. Hepatology. 1991 Jul;14(1):144-9. doi: 10.1002/hep.1840140124.
PubMed 2066062
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 23 Jan 2019. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Hepatocyte Transplantation for Acute Decompensated Liver Failure
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01345565
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- PRO09020051
- Conditions
- Liver Failure Acute
- Keywords
- fulminant hepatic failure
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- WithdrawnReason stopped: A funding mechanism is not identified at this time
- Enrolment
- 0 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Ira FoxUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Mar 2011
- Primary completion
- Jan 2019 (actual)
- Study completion
- Jan 2019 (actual)
- First posted
- 2 May 2011 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of this research study is to determine whether liver cell transplantation can provide help for patients with liver failure who are unlikely to survive without some form of liver support. The goal of this research study is to determine if liver cell transplants can be effective until a liver transplant is received or until patients recover from their liver failure.
Detailed description
Orthotopic liver transplantation has become the treatment of choice for patients with acute liver failure with poor prognostic signs. Survival following hepatic transplantation has improved in the last decade for a number of reasons. These include improvement in immunosuppression, improved methods for preserving and transporting organs, use of donors which had been previously considered unacceptable, use of reduced-sized grafts , and the use of living-donor hepatic transplantation. Despite encouraging survival statistics, there continues to be significant morbidity and mortality associated with hepatic transplantation. In addition, the success of hepatic transplantation has broadened the indications for this form of therapy without a concomitant increase in the number of donors available for these patients.
Since the development of a method for isolating primary hepatocytes by collagenase perfusion, many investigators have demonstrated the efficacy of hepatocyte transplantation in the treatment of liver failure and inherited metabolic disorders in experimental animals. Treatment of liver diseases with transplantation of isolated hepatocytes rather than the whole liver has several theoretical advantages. Unlike the whole liver, isolated hepatocytes could be cryopreserved for instant availability and could be modified genetically or otherwise to enhance specific functions, stimulate proliferation or abrogate allograft rejection. Hepatocyte transplantation should be less stressful than whole liver transplantation because the host organ remains intact. Since the transplanted cells integrate into the host liver, they could provide restorative potential and the consequences of graft loss would be relatively minor. In addition, hepatocyte transplantation would not interfere with subsequent liver transplantation, should that become necessary.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Hepatocyte Transplantation | Experimental | Drug: human hepatocytesSee Below |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- Up to 21 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Subjects will include those patients with ALF who are potential conventional liver transplant recipient candidates based on PELD criteria as well as those who would not be considered candidates for orthotopic liver transplantation (e.g. patients who appear to be too small or too ill for solid organ transplant or those who have a diagnosis that is a contradiction for whole organ transplantation, for example, systemic mitochondrial hepatopathy).
- If the patient is a candidate for orthotopic liver transplantation (per standard clinical criteria), they will be officially listed for liver transplantation as well as hepatocyte transplantation.
- If a subject is a potential conventional liver transplant recipient candidate and a donor liver is available; the patient will receive a solid organ transplant.
- Subjects ages 0-21 years old will be included in this study.
Key exclusion criteria (11 listed)
- Severe cardiovascular or respiratory disease at baseline and at the time of hepatocyte transplant as defined by
- Hemodynamically significant gastrointestinal bleeding causing a systolic blood pressure <70mmHg at the time of transplantation.
- Uncorrectable coagulopathy despite use of plasmapheresis that would preclude any invasive procedures.
- Leukopenia at the time of cell transplant, defined as an absolute neutrophil count of <500/µL.
- Known allergy to immunosuppression medications that are required post transplant procedure for the prevention of rejection.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| human hepatocytesThe intrahepatic site for liver cell transplantation has been associated with the best engraftment and function based on animal experiments. Several approaches for access to the portal vein will be considered. The technique used will be determined based on what is considered best for the child based on risk/benefit at the time. We propose to attempt to infuse approximately 5-10% of the hepatic mass in order to provide improved hepatic function. Since we do not yet know from our experience so far the correct number of cells to transplant in order to improve function, we will continue to infuse hepatocytes as donors become available until the patient improves to the point where they are no longer meet the criteria for organ transplantation. The subject will be evaluated de novo and if they are a candidate for orthotopic liver transplantation they will receive the transplant. | Drug | Hepatocyte Transplantation |
Primary outcome
Improvement in evidence of liver function at two weeks after hepatocyte transplant
Time frame: Two weeks after hepatocyte transplant
The extent to which hepatocyte transplantation can elicit evidence of improvement in liver function in patients with acute decompensated liver failure not responding to medical management.
2 secondary outcomes
Immune Response
Time frame: two weeks after hepatocyte transplant and monthly thereafter post hepatocyte transplant
Quality and Quantity of Hepatocytes
Time frame: Two weeks after hepatocyte transplant
Results and safety
The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 23 Jan 2019.
- Background: PubMed 9580649Fox IJ, Chowdhury JR, Kaufman SS, Goertzen TC, Chowdhury NR, Warkentin PI, Dorko K, Sauter BV, Strom SC. Treatment of the Crigler-Najjar syndrome type I with hepatocyte transplantation. N Engl J Med. 1998 May 14;338(20):1422-6. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199805143382004. No abstract available.
- Background: PubMed 9671059Roger V, Balladur P, Honiger J, Baudrimont M, Delelo R, Robert A, Calmus Y, Capeau J, Nordlinger B. Internal bioartificial liver with xenogeneic hepatocytes prevents death from acute liver failure: an experimental study. Ann Surg. 1998 Jul;228(1):1-7. doi: 10.1097/00000658-199807000-00001.
- Background: PubMed 7940741Habibullah CM, Syed IH, Qamar A, Taher-Uz Z. Human fetal hepatocyte transplantation in patients with fulminant hepatic failure. Transplantation. 1994 Oct 27;58(8):951-2. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199410270-00016. No abstract available.
- Background: PubMed 2066062Gupta S, Aragona E, Vemuru RP, Bhargava KK, Burk RD, Chowdhury JR. Permanent engraftment and function of hepatocytes delivered to the liver: implications for gene therapy and liver repopulation. Hepatology. 1991 Jul;14(1):144-9. doi: 10.1002/hep.1840140124.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Ira J Fox, MD principal investigator
University of Pittsburgh
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 1 study testing human hepatocytes in people with Liver Failure Acute, run by Ira Fox at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 11 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 23 Jan 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Improvement in evidence of liver function at two weeks after hepatocyte transplant (time frame: Two weeks after hepatocyte transplant). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01345565, which also lists 4 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 23 Jan 2019.