The Treatment of Liver Injury After Liver Resection With Polyene Phosphatidylcholine

May 6, 2026 updated by: Anhui Provincial Hospital

Polyene Phosphatidylcholine Injection for the Treatment of Perioperative Liver Injury With Laparoscopic Hepatectomy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Study

A multicenter, open-label, randomized, controlled study. It is proposed to evaluate the treatment plan of receiving 930mg polyene phosphatidylcholine injection one day before the operation, twice a day, and 930mg polyene phosphatidylcholine injection twice a day,combined with 100mg of magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate injection once a day,from the 1st to the 5th day after the operation. Compared with the monotherapy regimen of no liver protection treatment before the operation and receiving magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate injection 100mg once a day from the 1st to the 5th day after the operation.The efficacy and safety of treating postoperative liver function injury in patients undergoing laparoscopic hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma were compared.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Recruiting

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

Enrollment

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96

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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Study Locations

  • China
    • Anhui
      • Hefei, Anhui, China, 230000
        • Recruiting
        • Anhui Provincial Hospital
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Diagnosed as HCC through imaging and laboratory tests, and capable of undergoing laparoscopic anatomical resection.
  2. Surgical scope (defined by randomization stratification):Stratum 1: Major hepatectomy, involving the resection of at least 3 Couinaud liver segments, including right hemihepatectomy and extended right hemihepatectomy, etc.Stratum 2: Minor hepatectomy, involving the resection of no more than 2 Couinaud liver segments. This includes right posterior sectorectomy, right anterior sectorectomy, left lateral sectionectomy, single segmentectomy, etc.
  3. During the operation, the Pringle method is used to block the first hepatic portal. Each block lasts ≤ 15 minutes, and the blocking procedure is performed 2 to 4 times.
  4. Age: 18 - 80 years old. Gender: Open to both male and female. Body Mass Index (BMI): 18.5 - 28 kg/m².
  5. Child-Pugh grade A or B, with a score of ≤ 7; ASA grades I to III.
  6. Preoperative ICG R15 < 10%, and the residual liver volume/standard liver volume > 40%.
  7. A single HCC (hepatocellular carcinoma), with a tumor diameter of less than 10 cm, without distant metastasis or invasion of the portal vein system.
  8. Preoperative ALT < 2x ULN (upper limit of normal).
  9. No history of portal vein embolization prior to enrollment. If TACE treatment was previously received, it must have been completed > 6 months ago; if systemic anti-tumor drug therapy was previously received, it must have been completed > 4 weeks ago.
  10. No liver-damaging treatment drugs were used within two weeks prior to enrollment.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Reserve liver vascular damage, including: reconstruction after severance, ligation, embolization, thrombosis, etc
  2. Combined with abnormal coagulation function (prothrombin time prolonged by more than 3 seconds)
  3. Combining obstructive jaundice, severe heart disease, severe kidney disease and other serious illnesses
  4. During the operation, microwave treatment or a combination of microwave treatment was adopted
  5. More than 4 times of blocking at the first hepatic hilum, or a single blocking duration longer than 15 minutes
  6. Non-anatomic liver resection, where the remaining liver contains large areas of ischemic/edematous regions
  7. More than 1000ml of blood transfusion during the operation
  8. During the operation, an extra-hepatic disease was discovered. Other organs except the gallbladder needed to be removed simultaneously
  9. During the operation, other intrahepatic lesions were discovered, which required combination with other surgeries, such as ablation or choledochojejunostomy
  10. Diseases that have previously received systemic treatment with glucocorticoids, such as chronic kidney disease, inflammatory diseases, or other immune system-related disorders
  11. Psychosis, severe neurosis, those who cannot cooperate with this experiment
  12. Participated in other clinical trials within the previous 3 months before enrollment
  13. Allergy or intolerance to benzoic acid, or to the study drug
  14. Pregnant and lactating women
  15. The researchers believe that any participants who have any other factors that would make them unsuitable for this trial should not be included

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Active Comparator: control group
Drug: control group
Receiving 100mg of magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate injection once a day，from the 1st to the 5th day after the operation.
Experimental: Experimental group
Drug: Experimental Group
Receiving 930mg of polyene phosphatidylcholine injection one day before the operation,twice a day. And 930mg of polyene phosphatidylcholine injection,twice a day, combined with 100mg of magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate injection once a day，from the 1st to the 5th day after the operation.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Time Frame
The average change of ALT on the 5th day after the operation
Time Frame: The 5th day after the operation
The 5th day after the operation

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Time Frame
The average change of ALT on the 1th day after the operation
Time Frame: The 1th day after the operation
The 1th day after the operation
The average change of ALT on the 3th day after the operation
Time Frame: The 3th day after the operation
The 3th day after the operation
The rate of ALT returning to normal on the 5th day after the operation
Time Frame: The 5th day after the operation
The 5th day after the operation
The rate of AST returning to normal on the 5th day after the operation
Time Frame: The 5th day after the operation
The 5th day after the operation
AEs
Time Frame: Observation period 5 days after the operation
Observation period 5 days after the operation

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Anhui Provincial Hospital

Collaborators

Collaborators

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The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University
The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University
First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College
The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical University

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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November 10, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

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December 31, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

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December 31, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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August 21, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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August 28, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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September 2, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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May 11, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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May 6, 2026

Last Verified

Last Verified

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May 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • CXPJJH125002-2503

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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