Paracetamol Metabolism Research in Postoperative Hepatic Surgery (PARAFOI)

December 16, 2025 updated by: University Hospital, Lille

The main objective of this study was to evaluate the 5-day kinetics of plasma paracetamol levels in postoperative major hepatic surgery (resection greater than or equal to three hepatic segments) compared with less extensive liver resection and hepatic re-intervention. The clearance of indocyanine green is a marker of hepatic perfusion but also of the proper hepatocyte functioning, if hemodynamic conditions are stable.

Some patients may be operated on up to four or five times in the liver. Moreover, these patients probably present an increased risk of postoperative hepatocellular insufficiency due to a quantitative and qualitative decrease in their hepatic parenchyma. It is therefore interesting to evaluate the use of paracetamol in this situation.

Study Overview

Status

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Completed

Conditions

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

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90

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • France
      • Lille, France
        • Hôpital Huriez, CHRU

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients requiring surgery for hepatic resection by initiation under chest or laparoscopic without hepatocellular insufficiency,
  • ASA score 1 to 3 (American Society of Anesthesiologists score ranging from 1 to 5 evaluating the preoperative health status of a patient),
  • Verification of the understanding of the protocol,

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients classified ASA 4 or 5,
  • Allergy or intolerance to indocyanine green
  • Allergy or intolerance to paracetamol,
  • Taking of paracetamol the week before the intervention,
  • Patient less than 60 Kgs (because decrease of doses of paracetamol),
  • Emergency surgery, palliative surgery and surgical recovery,
  • Psychic disorder,
  • Contra-indication to a treatment used during the study,
  • incapable major,
  • Intellectual incapacity preventing proper understanding of the protocol,
  • Pregnant or nursing woman,

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: major hepatic surgery
resection greater than or equal to three hepatic segments
Drug: paracetamol

Paracetamol 1000 mg will be administered 30 minutes before the end of the procedure and then every 6 hours systematically at the following times: 6h / 12h / 18h / 00h.

The analgesic treatment after hepatectomy with paracetamol will be maintained for at least 5 days in all patients in parenteral form

Procedure: hepatic surgery
Experimental: hepatic surgery
resection less than three hepatic segments
Drug: paracetamol

Paracetamol 1000 mg will be administered 30 minutes before the end of the procedure and then every 6 hours systematically at the following times: 6h / 12h / 18h / 00h.

The analgesic treatment after hepatectomy with paracetamol will be maintained for at least 5 days in all patients in parenteral form

Procedure: hepatic surgery
Experimental: hepatic surgery recovery
Drug: paracetamol

Paracetamol 1000 mg will be administered 30 minutes before the end of the procedure and then every 6 hours systematically at the following times: 6h / 12h / 18h / 00h.

The analgesic treatment after hepatectomy with paracetamol will be maintained for at least 5 days in all patients in parenteral form

Procedure: hepatic surgery

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Dosing and kinetics of paracetamolemia
Time Frame: during the 5 post-operative days
this determination of the plasma paracetamol dosage on D0 (H6: 6 hours after the end of the procedure) and D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 (samples taken at 6 am each day just before the injection of paracetamol whose administration hours will be 6h 12h 18h and midnight)
during the 5 post-operative days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Dosage of urinary metabolites of paracetamol (paracetamol sulphate, paracetamol glucuronide)
Time Frame: At Day 1, day 3, day 5 post operative
At Day 1, day 3, day 5 post operative
Dosage of N-acetyl-cysteinyl paracetamol ( NAPQI)
Time Frame: At Day 1, day 3, day 5 post operative
At Day 1, day 3, day 5 post operative
Percentage of patients with paracetamolemia greater than 60 mg / mL
Time Frame: during the 5 post-operative days
60mj/ml = paracetamol toxicity threshold according to Prescott diagram to 6 hours
during the 5 post-operative days
Plasma Disappearance Rate of indocyanine green (TDP-ICG) by LiMon®
Time Frame: At Day 1, day 3, day 5 post operative
At Day 1, day 3, day 5 post operative
Rate of postoperative hepatocellular insufficiency
Time Frame: at day 5
The postoperative hepatocellular insufficiency according to the 50/50 criteria (TP <50% and bilirubinemia> 50 μmol / L on the 5th day) according to the type of hepatic resection (with or without clamping, continuous or discontinuous, duration intervention).
at day 5
Occurrence of complications related to hepatic failure
Time Frame: at day 5

the complications related to hepatic failure not falling within the "50/50" criteria: jaundice, hepatic encephalopathy, coagulation disorders, ascites, cytolysis, cholestasis.

Other medical and surgical. Duration of hospitalization in perioperative intensive care and duration of total hospitalization.

Mortality at 30 days.
at day 5
Duration of hospitalization in perioperative intensive care
Time Frame: at 30 days
at 30 days
Duration of total hospitalization.
Time Frame: at 30 days
at 30 days
Mortality
Time Frame: at 30 days
at 30 days
Composite characteristics of surgery.
Time Frame: at 30 days
Characteristics of surgery: duration of intervention, numbers, duration and types of vascular clamping, detailed description of the type of liver resection performed, quantification of bleeding.
at 30 days

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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University Hospital, Lille

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Gilles Lebuffe, MD,PhD, University Hospital, Lille

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

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November 20, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

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April 1, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

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November 1, 2019

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First Submitted

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September 25, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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September 25, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

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September 29, 2017

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December 23, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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December 16, 2025

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March 1, 2021

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  • 2015_61
  • 2016-002632-32 (Other Identifier: ID-RCB number)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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