Safety and Efficacy of the Extracorporeal Liver Assist Device (ELAD®) In Patients With Fulminant Hepatic Failure (FHF)

Withdrawn before enrolling · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Fulminant Hepatic Failure

In brief

This is a multicenter, open-label, randomized, concurrent control study of subjects with FHF. Subjects meeting the eligibility requirements of the study will be randomly assigned in a 2:1 ratio to receive either standard medical therapy for FHF plus the ELAD® system, or standard medical therapy alone, with the latter defined as conventional therapy for FHF determined to be clinically appropriate by the treating physician.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00832728

Run by

Vital Therapies, Inc.

People needed

0

Starts

2009-03-01

Expected to finish

2011-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-07-25

Who can join

Age: 10 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Weight ≥15 kilograms;
• Age ≥10 ≤65 years;
• Diagnosis of FHF;
• Patients must have been treated with a standard regimen of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) involving a loading dose of 150mg/kg/hr over 1 hour followed by 12.5 mg/kg/hour x 4 hours then continuous infusion of 6.25 mg/kg for the remaining 67 hrs.
• Subject or designated representative must be willing to sign an Informed Consent Form specific to this study and comply with study requirements AND EITHER
• Known acetaminophen ingestion or diagnostic serum level, and at least one of the following:
• a. prothrombin time (PT) >30 seconds (International Normalized Ratio (INR) >6.5, OR; b. Encephalopathy Grade II, III or IV and at least one of the following: i. Arterial pH <7.30 at ≥2 hours after initial diagnosis, OR; ii. renal failure documented by urine output less than 2 mL/kg/hr over 12 hours, OR; iii. creatinine >2.5 mg/dL; OR
• Patients with Non-Acetaminophen-Induced FHF:
• a. Stage II, III or IV encephalopathy, and the presence of at least two of the following five criteria: i. Non-A/Non-B hepatitis or drug (non-acetaminophen) induced FHF; ii. Serum bilirubin >17 mg/dL; iii. Patient ≥10 or <40 years old; iv. Prothrombin time >25 seconds (INR > 3.5), AND/OR; v. Jaundice to encephalopathy time ≥7 days; OR
• Liver transplantation within 10 days of the screening procedures, but meeting inclusion criteria due to primary graft non-function, and not receiving ELAD® therapy prior to the first graft

You may not qualify if…

• Cerebral Perfusion Pressure as measured by an intracranial pressure (ICP) monitor. (NOTE: In those cases where ICP monitor placement cannot be performed prior to study enrollment, this exclusion criterion will not apply):
• Patients > 18 yrs of age with Cerebral Perfusion Pressures (CPP) ≤40 mm Hg for one hour or longer.
• Patients ≤18 yrs with CPP ≤35 mm Hg for one hour or longer.
• Chronic liver disease;
• Concomitant disease including chronic congestive heart failure, vascular disease, emphysema, AIDS, cancer, acute fatty-liver disease, hepatitis due to herpes virus, Wilson's disease, or Budd-Chiari syndrome;
• Portal hypertension (e.g., variceal bleed, caput Medusae, and clinically obvious ascites);
• Liver dysfunction due to trauma;
• Hemorrhage or irreversible brain death ( i.e. blood flow studies positive for herniation and/or pupillary reflex absent);
• Platelet count <50,000/mm3 or reducing to <80,000/mm3 over a 72 hr. period. (NOTE: Patient may be included at the physician's discretion if platelet count exceeds 50,000mm3 at time of initiation of therapy and can be managed through the administration of blood products);
• Mean Arterial Pressures (MAP) ≤50 mm Hg for one hour or longer as measured by an indwelling arterial line, OR; patients ≤18 years old and whose MAP is ≤40 mm Hg for one hour or longer;
• Vasopressor support exceeding 1.0 µg/kg/min of an alpha-adrenergic agent for one hour or longer;
• Clinical or radiographic evidence of stroke or intracerebral bleeding;
• Seizures uncontrolled by medication;
• Acute myocardial infarction based on clinical and/or electrocardiographic evidence;
• Lung disease defined by a PaO2 ≤ 60mm Hg or an FiO2 ≥0.6, not corrected by medical management (including CVVH if indicated);
• Pregnancy as determined by βhCG results;
• ≤2 weeks postpartum;
• Participation in another investigational study within 30 days of enrollment;
• Prior ELAD® therapy.

Where it is running

• Scripps Green Hospital — La Jolla, California, United States
• Cedars Sinai Medical Center — Los Angeles, California, United States
• California Pacific Medical Center — San Francisco, California, United States
• Loyola University Medical Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• University of Chicago Medical Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Indiana University — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
• Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport — Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
• New York University Medical Center — New York, New York, United States
• University of Rochester, Strong Memorial — Rochester, New York, United States
• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Temple University Hospital — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• University of Virginia — Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

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