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Administrative data

NCT number NCT03848780
Other study ID # 3779
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date April 1, 2016
Est. completion date June 30, 2018

Study information

Verified date February 2019
Source Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Hepatectomies are considered as operations of high bleeding risk. The history of massive hemorrhage in liver surgery led to the emergence of techniques to control excessive blood loss. These techniques temporarily occlude the blood vessels that supply liver (the Pringle Maneuver) limiting subsequent losses. However, this leads to the ischemia - reperfusion injury impairing liver function. Research points to methods targeting on tempering reperfusion pathophysiology. Volatile anesthetics have been used for pharmacological preconditioning and proved to protect against organ damage. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential beneficial effect of desflurane on ischemia-reperfusion injury of the liver. Patients presenting for elective hepatectomy were randomized equally into two groups. The Control Group received no pharmacological preconditioning and the Desflurane Group received pharmacological preconditioning with Desflurane before induction of ischemia.


Description:

Hepatectomies are characterized by an elevated risk of severe hemorrhage. The high vascular supply of the liver has historically troubled surgeons who resolved to techniques to control excessive blood loss. The Pringle Maneuver commonly employed in liver surgery is a temporary method to occlude the vascular supply of the liver. As a result, ischemia is developed and a pathophysiologic cascade is initiated. Upon the resolution of ischemia, reperfusion occurs which is linked to further damage and the ischemia-reperfusion injury is developed. Ischemia and reperfusion lead to activation of the innate immune response, which interacts with the adaptive immune response. Result of this interaction is the production of inflammatory cytokines, chemokines, complement products, and the recruitment of neutrophils to the site of injury. Previous studies have shown that animal's livers suffered from ischemia-reperfusion injury had increased neutrophil infiltration and pharmacological agents attenuating neutrophil's activity improved hepatic Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury (IRI). Preconditioning refers to the exposure of an organ to short intervals of ischemia which has been shown to mitigate the aforementioned ischemia-reperfusion injury. Preconditioning can be pharmacological and volatile anesthetics have been successfully used in preconditioning models. Sevoflurane have been proved beneficial for a series of hepatectomies in limiting transaminase levels postoperatively. However, sevoflurane by virtue can be hepatotoxic through Compound A production, elevated free calcium and reactive oxide species activation. On the other hand, desflurane undergoes minimum liver metabolism. In liver ischemia-reperfusion models, desflurane preconditioning led to decreased cell death and inflammatory cytokines inhibition.

The goal of the investigator's study was to investigate the effect of desflurane preconditioning in patients undergoing elective hepatectomy of at least two segments. Patients were randomized 1:1 to receive pharmacological preconditioning (Desflurane Group, Group D) or not (Control Group, Group C). The surgeon and the Intensive Care Unit were blinded as to the intervention. Anesthetic management was the same for all patients. For GroupD thirty minutes before the initiation of ischemia desflurane was delivered and propofol was stopped for the same interval.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 46
Est. completion date June 30, 2018
Est. primary completion date June 30, 2018
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- hepatectomy of at least two segments

Exclusion Criteria:

- Hepatitis B, C or HIV infection

- liver cirrhosis

- autoimmune disease, inflammatory bowel disease

- pregnancy

- prior additional ablation therapies (cryosurgery or radiofrequency)

- liver resections without inflow occlusion

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
Desflurane


Locations

Country Name City State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki

References & Publications (4)

Beck-Schimmer B, Breitenstein S, Urech S, De Conno E, Wittlinger M, Puhan M, Jochum W, Spahn DR, Graf R, Clavien PA. A randomized controlled trial on pharmacological preconditioning in liver surgery using a volatile anesthetic. Ann Surg. 2008 Dec;248(6):909-18. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31818f3dda. — View Citation

Boros P, Bromberg JS. New cellular and molecular immune pathways in ischemia/reperfusion injury. Am J Transplant. 2006 Apr;6(4):652-8. Review. — View Citation

Kimura F, Shimizu H, Yoshidome H, Ohtsuka M, Kato A, Yoshitomi H, Nozawa S, Furukawa K, Mitsuhashi N, Sawada S, Takeuchi D, Ambiru S, Miyazaki M. Circulating cytokines, chemokines, and stress hormones are increased in patients with organ dysfunction following liver resection. J Surg Res. 2006 Jun 15;133(2):102-12. Epub 2006 Jan 4. — View Citation

Rosen HR, Martin P, Goss J, Donovan J, Melinek J, Rudich S, Imagawa DK, Kinkhabwala M, Seu P, Busuttil RW, Shackleton CR. Significance of early aminotransferase elevation after liver transplantation. Transplantation. 1998 Jan 15;65(1):68-72. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) 2 and 9 level The levels of Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 and Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 as evaluated by the relative gene expression using RT-PCR. The comparative CT method also referred to as the 2-??CT method was used to calculate the fold change and then convert it to percentage. Their presence has been linked to hepatic cellular injury so increased levels represent worse injury. Sample 1: At surgery, before initiation of the procedure , Sample 2: Thirty minutes after reperfusion
Primary Tissue Inhibitor Metalloproteinase (TIMPs) 1and 2 The levels of Tissue Inhibitor Metalloproteinase 1 and Tissue Inhibitor Metalloproteinase 2 as evaluated by the relative gene expression using RT-PCR. The comparative CT method also referred to as the 2-??CT method was used to calculate the fold change and then convert it to percentage. Their inhibitory effect on Matrix Metalloproteinases has been associated with a limitation of cellular injury. Thus, the higher the levels of Tissue Inhibitor Metalloproteinases the greater their protective activity. Sample 1: At surgery, before initiation of the procedure , Sample 2: Thirty minutes after reperfusion
Secondary Histological findings of hepatic parenchyma Hematoxylin Eosin, Gomori and ?asson staining were used. With Hematoxylin Eosin staining the degree of steatosis was assessed while Gomori and Masson staining was used to determine the level of fibrosis.
Steatosis was characterized (x100 magnification) as mild (10%-30%), moderate (30%-60%), severe (>60%) according to the presence of fat droplets in hepatic cells.
Fibrosis was also graded based on the METAVIR score as absent - F0, portal fibrosis without septa - F1, portal fibrosis with rare septa - F2, numerous septa - F3 and cirrhosis - F4.
Sample 1: Upon surgical dissection of the liver, before inflow occlusion, Sample: thirty minutes after reperfusion
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