Cirrhosis Clinical Trial
Official title:
LOLA in Hepatic Encephalopathy Brain Muscle Axis During Treatment of Hepatic Encephalopathy With L-ornithine L-aspartate A Phase iv Randomised Double Blind Placebo- Controlled Trial
Patients with cirrhosis of the liver may suffer from a condition called hepatic encephalopathy which in its mildest form as mental slowing and impaired reaction times in driving and machinery operation. Left untreated it may lead to deep coma. The cause is not fully understood but is though to be related to the inability of a damaged liver to filter out toxins such as ammonia in the blood, which then accumulate within the brain and result in altered function and swelling within certain brain cells,astrocytes. These patients also suffer from muscle loss, which is associated with a poor outcome. L-ornithine L-aspartate(LOLA) is a licensed drug in Germany and has been shown to promote ammonia elimination from the body in the form of urea. Some experimental studies have suggested that LOLA also potentially attenuates muscle loss by incorporating ammonia into muscle in the form of glutamine. The aim of this study is to determine cognitive and nutritional effects of 12 weeks of LOLA administration and its effect on brain muscle structure and function in patients with cirrhosis.
This is a Phase IV randomised double blind, placebo controlled study. Thirty four patients
with cirrhosis will be studied with psychometric tests, clinical brain magnetic resonance
imaging(MRI),including functional MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and muscle
MRI of leg muscle before (time 0)during (4weeks)and after LOLA or placebo treatment at 12
weeks. Samples will also be taken for ex vivo MRS of blood and urine to identify potential
biomarkers. Histological analysis and MRS would also be performed on the muscle tissue at
the same time points.
Hypotheses Primary objective
1) Improvement in mental state by paper and pencil based Psychometric Hepatic Encephalopathy
Score (PHES) and Cogstate Research test (computer based cognitive research assessment tool)
Secondary objectives
1. Brain volume reduction due to reduction in brain swelling measured by MRI and
improvement in the chemical structure of the brain due to (cerebral osmolytes)measured
by in vivo MR Spectroscopy (MRS)scanning of the brain.
2. Improvement in brain function
3. Improvement in muscle function (muscle metabolome normalisation) and increased muscle
size (fat free mass), measured in vivo by MRI scanning and by in vitro mass
spectroscopy and NMR spectroscopy and histological analysis of muscle samples.
4. Improvement in the chemical profile of key chemicals in the blood and urine, measured
with in vitro NMR spectroscopy
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Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment
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