Muscles in Liver Diseases (UNIVERSE)

Cirrhosis is the 11th leading cause of death in the world. The progression to cirrhosis occurs as a result of chronic hepatic injury, related to excessive alcohol consumption, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, chronic viral infection. Cirrhosis is accompanied by symptoms that profoundly affect the quality of life of patients.

Sarcopenia, or decrease in muscle capacity through loss of muscle mass, is associated with liver disease. Patients with liver disease and sarcopenia have increased morbidity, and higher pre- and post-liver transplant mortality than patients without sarcopenia. The mechanism responsible for the development of sarcopenia in liver disease remains largely misunderstood, as do the mechanisms by which sarcopenia appears to promote complications of liver disease.

This study, carried out on a prospective cohort of patients with liver disease, aims at understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in sarcopenia and its consequences.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Patients Having a Scheduled Abdominal Surgery Procedure
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: blood samples; Other: biopsy of abdominal paroie

Detailed Description

Cirrhosis is the 11th leading cause of death in the world. The progression to cirrhosis occurs as a result of chronic hepatic injury, related to excessive alcohol consumption, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, and chronic viral infection. Cirrhosis is accompanied by symptoms that profoundly affect the quality of life of patients.

Sarcopenia, or decrease in muscle capacity through loss of muscle mass, is associated with liver disease. Patients with liver disease and sarcopenia have increased morbidity, and higher pre- and post-liver transplant mortality than patients without sarcopenia. The mechanism responsible for the development of sarcopenia in liver disease remains largely misunderstood, as do the mechanisms by which sarcopenia appears to promote complications of liver disease.

This study, carried out on a prospective cohort of patients with stable liver disease, aims at understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in sarcopenia and its consequences.

After checking the inclusion criteria, all eligible patients treated at Beaujon Hospital (Clichy) will be invited to participate in the study. After inclusion, clinical and laboratory features (hepatic assessment) will be collected and the blood samples will be taken.

During the surgery, a muscle biopsy will be performed on the incision area. No follow-up is planned.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 260
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: pierre Emmanuel Rautou; Phone Number: 33 140875283; Email: pierre.emmanuel.rautou@aphp.fr
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Enis Kostallari; Phone Number: 33 140875283; Email: enis.kostallari@gmail.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients over the age of 18 having a scheduled abdominal surgery at Beaujon Hospital
• Patient affiliated to a social security scheme
• Informed patient having signed a consent to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

Primary muscle disease (myopathy, dermatopolymyositis, vasculitis with muscle involvement)

• Amyotrophic drugs: long-term corticosteroid therapy
• Immunosuppressive treatments
• Chronic inflammatory disease (example: Crohn's disease)
• Disease known to cause sarcopenia such as -but not limited to- active extrahepatic neoplasia, polycystic hepatorenal disease
• Gastrointestinal haemorrhage in the 15 days prior to inclusion
• Acute alcoholic hepatitis in the month before inclusion
• Infection during treatment
• Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
• Protected populations: people under guardianship or under guardianship
• Patient not affiliated to a social security scheme
• Patient under AME
• Patient not having signed consent

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

4

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Other: patients without liver disease,; taking blood samples and biopsy of muscular wall	Other: blood samples; 3 citrated tubes and 3 EDTA tubes; Other: biopsy of abdominal paroie; a muscle biopsy will be performed on the incision area
Other: patient with chronic liver disease without cirrhosis,; taking blood samples and biopsy of muscular wall	Other: blood samples; 3 citrated tubes and 3 EDTA tubes; Other: biopsy of abdominal paroie; a muscle biopsy will be performed on the incision area
Other: patients with compensated cirrhosis,; taking blood samples and biopsy of muscular wall	Other: blood samples; 3 citrated tubes and 3 EDTA tubes; Other: biopsy of abdominal paroie; a muscle biopsy will be performed on the incision area
Other: patient with severe cirrhosis; taking blood samples and biopsy of muscular wall	Other: blood samples; 3 citrated tubes and 3 EDTA tubes; Other: biopsy of abdominal paroie; a muscle biopsy will be performed on the incision area

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
describe the muscle changes that occur during liver disease.	Assessment of the histology of the muscle removed during abdominal surgery by measuring the diameter of muscle fibers	1 month after the of inclusion
describe the muscle changes that occur during liver disease.	Assessment of the histology of the muscle removed during abdominal surgery, by evaluating the vascularity with measurements of CD31 count and αSMA count	1 month after the of inclusion
describe the muscle changes that occur during liver disease.	Assessment of the histology of the muscle removed during abdominal surgery by evaluating the muscle stem cells with measurements of Pax7, MyoD and Myogenin	1 month after the of inclusion
describe the muscle changes that occur during liver disease.	Assessment of the histology of the muscle removed during abdominal surgery by evaluating gene expression with transcriptomics	1 month after the of inclusion

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Identify circulating mediators that could be responsible for sarcopenia: released by the liver and acting on the muscle.	Circulating concentration of mediators / cells suspected of being responsible for sarcopenia: extracellular vesicles released by the liver; lymphocyte phenotype potentially modified by sinusoidal endothelial cells of the liver; protein array	1 month after the of inclusion
Identify circulating mediators that could be responsible for complications of liver disease: released by the muscle and acting on the different organs	Circulating concentration of mediators / cells suspected of being released by muscle and contributing to organ dysfunction in liver disease: extracellular vesicles; myokines	1 month after the of inclusion

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): February 15, 2021
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): May 31, 2026
• Study Completion (Anticipated): May 31, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 7, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 15, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): February 17, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 17, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 15, 2021
• Last Verified: December 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Liver Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: APHP201215

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Undecided

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No