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Filter by:There is a significant unmet need for safe and effective therapeutic approaches to prevent immune-mediated graft injury and its complications in liver transplant (LT) recipients with autoimmune liver disease (AILD) including autoimmune hepatitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis. Siplizumab is an anti-CD2 monoclonal antibody that has demonstrated a favorable safety profile of siplizumab in over 779 human subjects and has been shown to target memory T cells-a key driver in the immune processes surrounding rejection and autoimmunity post LT in AILD. The purpose of this pilot, open-label phase 1 study is to determine the safety of siplizumab for induction in patients with AILD undergoing LT. Up to eight (8) subjects will receive siplizumab 0.6 mg/kg/dose on the day of transplant (Day 0) and Day 4 post-transplant, for a total of two doses. All subjects will be followed in the study for 12 months post-LT.
This is a single center randomized platform trial determining whether prompting consideration of palliative care consultation through the electronic health record impacts the number of palliative consultations placed and hospital-free days among hospitalized adults with End-Stage Liver Disease.
ACLF is defined differently in APASL,EASL and AASLD.APASL talks of reversibility in ACLF as per its definition and constitution of Homogenous population with ACLF.The definition of ACLF as per APASL is an acute hepatic insult manifesting as jaundice (serum bilirubin ≥ 5 mg/dL (85 micromol/L) and coagulopathy (INR ≥ 1.5 or prothrombin activity <40%) complicated within 4 weeks by clinical ascites and/or encephalopathy in a patient with previously diagnosed or undiagnosed chronic liver disease/cirrhosis, and is associated with a high 28-day mortality .From the point of view of intensivists, events in form of organ dysfunction , failure or mortality would cumulatively effect the outcome.Reversibility of ACLF syndrome is a feature of the ACLF defined by the AARC criteria, as nearly all the patients included are after the index presentation.With mitigation of the acute insult and over time, the hepatic reserve improves ,fibrosis regresses and the portal pressure decreases. Further, unlike patients with decompensated cirrhosis and similar to patients with ALF, the reversal of coagulopathy preceded the reversal of jaundice,that is ,median time to reversal of syndrome, i.e jaundice and coagulopathy was 7 (4-30)days versus 19 (7-60)days for jaundice, respectively. The median time for reversal of syndrome, i.e, jaundice and coagulopathy ,was 30 days. Baseline albumin, AARC score and Transient elastography predicted long term reversibility .The disease severity assessment is needed for prognostication and to guide the therapy. Furthermore,the available prediction scores have been validated at baseline,but none has been evaluated in a dynamic manner for prognostication in ACLF patients.A DYNAMIC Model that could predict the reversibility in ACLF is urgently required.
Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a life-threaten syndrome carrying high-short-term mortality raging 40% to 60% within 90 days in patients with chronic liver disease. Double plasma molecular adsorption system (DPMAS) is one of the available artificial liver support systems, which combines plasma filtration and two specific adsorption membranes dedicating to remove bilirubin and the middle molecular toxins respectively. The efficiency of DMPAS treatment in liver failure patients remains controversial. Previous study indicate that liver failure patients with DPMAS therapy improve the short-term mortality and prevent the diseases progression within 28 days (PADSTONE Study). Thus, this single-arm, multicenter and prospective study is to further validate and optimize the therapeutic procedures of DPMAS therapy in ACLF patients.
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the MEX-CD1 hemodialysis medical device in patients suffering from ACLF. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Is the device safe when used according to the instructions for use? - Does the device work as expected by removing the excess of free copper from the blood? Patients will receive 3 MEX-CD1 Slow Low volume CVVHD within 1 week.
Clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH) is defined as HVPG >10 mmHg. Patients with CSPH are at risk of developing esophageal varices and clinical decompensation (variceal bleeding, ascites, jaundice, encephalopathy), which mark the transition from compensated stage to a stage of the disease (decompensated) associated with higher mortality (1). HVPG is calculated by subtracting the free hepatic venous pressure (FHVP), a measure of systemic pressure, from the wedged hepatic venous pressure (WHVP), a measure of hepatic sinusoidal pressure. HVPG is surrogate marker in many clinical applications such as gold standard test to evaluate presence and severity of portal hypertension (PHT) diagnosis, risk stratification, monitoring of the patients on beta blockers (2). Non selective beta-blockers like propranolol and carvedilol are indicated in adults for primary and secondary prophylaxis of variceal hemorrhage. Acute hemodynamic response to intravenous propranolol with HVPG values coming down to <12 mm Hg or reduction to >20% from baseline have been shown to be associated with reduced long term risk of variceal bleed. Hence we are planning the current work to study the Acute hemodynamiC response To Carvedilol predicts survival in ACLF patients - "ACT - C ACLF study
Rationale: Current understanding of the pathophysiology of ACLF suggests that unresolved injury, poor infection control, and liver regeneration result in persistent systemic inflammation and cytokine storm, which subsequently lead to systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) resulting in multiple organ failures, septic shock and deaths in ACLF. Nearly 74% of ACLF patients initially diagnosed without SIRS, sepsis, or organ failure developed SIRS by day 7 which increases the onset of secondary organ failure and sepsis with high short-term mortality. The emerging use of plasma exchange has shown some potential benefits in terms of dampening systemic inflammation and improvement of outcomes in some ACLF patients. However, there is currently no randomized controlled trial exploring the potential role in ameliorating secondary organ dysfunctions in patients with ACLF is not known. Hence in the current objective, we want to study the role of plasma exchange in the management of sec. organ failure in ACLF patients in a randomized controlled trial and identify the biomarker to access the treatment response to therapy.
Stem cells are non-terminal cells that can self renew and replicate through symmetric or asymmetric division, with the potential to differentiate into different types of cells and tissues. Multiple studies have shown that mesenchymal stem cell has good safety and effectiveness in improving acute or chronic liver injury. Randomized controlled trials have confirmed the efficacy of single infusion of stem cells in treating ESLD. It seems that the multiple infusion is better than single infusion.
ACLF is a distinct syndrome that is different from chronic progressive hepatic decompensation. In most cases of ACLF, patients present initially with clinical manifestations of a decompensating event, usually renal impairment, worsening of abdominal ascites, jaundice or Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) and often precipitated by bacterial infection.
Shock is a clinical state of tissue hypoxia. This hypoxia may be brought about by either decreased perfusion or the inability of the cell to extract oxygen in the presence of adequate perfusion. This causes cellular dysfunction. The most encountered form of shock seen in cirrhotics is septic shock. Septic shock has underlying cellular and metabolic abnormalities in addition to circulatory dysfunction. The circulatory dysfunction in sepsis is in the form of severe vasodilatation with high cardiac index. Cirrhosis is a state of hyperdynamic circulation. The mortality of septic shock in these group of patients is still higher. Sepsis-3 definition of septic shock describes it as a dysregulated immune response to an infection, leading to systemic inflammation, vasodilation, and organ impairment (3). Practically, to define septic shock it requires the lactate to be more than 2 mmol/L and there should be requirement of vasopressors after adequate fluid resuscitation. Increased lactate levels can indicate tissue hypoxia, excessively rapid aerobic glycolysis, or reduced clearance. As lactate is a normal product of glucose and pyruvate metabolism, any increase in glucose metabolism and / or decrease in pyruvate metabolism will increase lactate generation. This was observed even in the presence of adequate tissue oxygenation. In sepsis, the inflammatory response appears to be associated with an increase in glycolysis and impaired pyruvate dehydrogenase activity. Thus, cytoplasmic pyruvate increases with greater lactate formation. The glycolytic enzyme complex lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) regenerates nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) when pyruvate is reduced to lactate via a redox-coupled process in anaerobic glycolysis (Embden-Meyerhof pathway). Since lactate is overproduced and underutilised in tissue hypoxia due to poor mitochondrial oxidation, lactate has traditionally been used as a diagnostic marker for tissue hypoxia. However, up to 70% of the body's lactate elimination occurs in the liver