- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT05840640
Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor Four Week Plus N-Acetyl Cysteine in Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis
Alcoholic hepatitis is related to very high mortality rate. About 40% of the patients died within first 6 months after the detection of the clinical syndrome. Therefore, it is very essential for proper diagnosis and early treatment . In response to acute or chronic liver damage, bone marrow derived stem cells can spontaneously populate liver and differentiate into hepatic cells. Animal and human studies suggested that injured hepatocyte may be replaced by pluripotent bone marrow cells. However, this hepatocyte repopulation is highly dependent on varieties of liver injury and therapeutic conditions. The studies have suggested Granulocyte-colony stimulating factors (G-CSF) can regenerate hepatocyte by fusing with hematopoietic cells, thereby enhancing the liver histology and survival rate.
G-CSF is a cytokine capable to regulate a number of functions in neutrophils. In three recent studies mobilization of bone marrow stem cells induced by G-CSF was observed in patients with alcoholic hepatitis. In two of these studies there was a survival benefit with the use of G-CSF.
Alcoholism leads to decrease in endogenous antioxidant potential. Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) patients show low endogenous antioxidants. Chronic ethanol consumption cause selective deficiency in the availability of reduced glutathione (GSH) in mitochondria has been reported. This is due to impaired functioning of GSH transporter from cytosol to mitochondrial matrix. The effect on glutathione replenishing potential by N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) can be used to reduce oxidative stress, which also has excellent safety profile. Therefore, NAC can be used for severe alcoholic hepatitis treatment due to its therapeutic potential factor. NAC also inhibit apoptosis and pro-inflammatory cytokine production. In a study high doses of intravenous N-acetyl cysteine therapy for 14 days conferred neither survival benefits nor early biological improvement in severe acute alcoholic hepatitis patients with adequate nutritional support.However, these results must be viewed with caution, since the study suffered from a lack of power. In a recent study, NAC and corticosteroids combination therapy benefits among patients with severe acute alcoholic hepatitis in 1 month survival, although the final outcome at 6 month survival was not improved. There are no studies on the use of combination therapy of 4 weeks of NAC plus G-CSF in patient with severe alcoholic hepatitis.
Therefore the investigators plan to study the safety and efficacy of combination therapy of G-CSF and 4 weeks of NAC in the patients with alcoholic hepatitis.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Phase 4
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Chandigarh, India, 160012
- Dept of Hepatology, PGIMER
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
• Alcoholic hepatitis patients(More than 10 years of heavy alcohol consumption (mean intake ≈ 100 g/day);Elevated aspartate aminotransferase level (but <500 IU per millilitre) and Ratio ofAST/ALT≥2 times;Elevated serum total bilirubin level ≥ 5 mgdL (86 μmol/L);Elevated INR(≥1.5) and;Neutrophilia. Patient with Maddrey's DF of≥ 32 will be included in the study, with or without biopsy)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age < 18 and > 75 years
- Hepatocellular carcinoma or portal vein thrombosis
- Refusal to participate in the study
- Serum creatinine >1.0 mg%
- Hepatic encephalopathy- grade 3 or 4
- Upper gastrointestinal bleed in last ten days
- Uncontrolled bacterial infection
- Human immunodeficiency virus, Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis C virus seropositivity, Autoimmune hepatitis, hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease, alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency
- Pregnancy
- Glucocorticoid treatment
- Significant co-morbidity
- Previous known hypersensitivity to G-CSF/NAC
Study Plan
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 |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: Standard Medical therapy
Standard medical therapy involves primary treatment with normal hospital nutrition (1800 to 2000 kcal per day).
Diuretics, sodium restriction and albumin for treatment of ascites or fresh frozen plasma for coagulopathy or antibiotics for any focus of infection as spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP), pneumonia, cellulitis, and urinary tract infection as indicated.
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Standard medical therapy involves primary treatment with normal hospital nutrition (1800 to 2000 kcal per day).
Diuretics, sodium restriction and albumin for treatment of ascites or fresh frozen plasma for coagulopathy or antibiotics for any focus of infection as spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP), pneumonia, cellulitis, and urinary tract infection as indicated.
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Experimental: G-CSF
Standard Medical Therapy plus G-CSF- 5μg/Kg s.c every 12 hours for 5 consecutive days
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Standard medical therapy involves primary treatment with normal hospital nutrition (1800 to 2000 kcal per day).
Diuretics, sodium restriction and albumin for treatment of ascites or fresh frozen plasma for coagulopathy or antibiotics for any focus of infection as spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP), pneumonia, cellulitis, and urinary tract infection as indicated.
standard medical therapy plus G-CSF- 5μg/Kg s.c every 12 hours for 5 consecutive days
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Experimental: G-CSF and NAC
Standard Medical Therapy plus G-CSF with intravenous NAC (day 1: NAC at 150, 50, and 100 mg/kg in 250, 500, and 1000 ml of 5% glucose solution over 30 minutes, 4 hours, and 16 hours, respectively; days 2 through 5: 100 mg/kg/day in 1000 ml of 5% glucose solution followed by oral NAC from days 6 to 28)
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Standard medical therapy involves primary treatment with normal hospital nutrition (1800 to 2000 kcal per day).
Diuretics, sodium restriction and albumin for treatment of ascites or fresh frozen plasma for coagulopathy or antibiotics for any focus of infection as spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP), pneumonia, cellulitis, and urinary tract infection as indicated.
standard medical therapy plus G-CSF- 5μg/Kg s.c every 12 hours for 5 consecutive days
Standard Medical Therapy plus G-CSF with intravenous NAC (day 1: NAC at 150, 50, and 100 mg/kg in 250, 500, and 1000 ml of 5% glucose solution over 30 minutes, 4 hours, and 16 hours, respectively; days 2 through 5: 100 mg/kg/day in 1000 ml of 5% glucose solution followed by oral NAC from days 6 to 28)
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Survival at the end of 90 days
Time Frame: 90 days
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90 days
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events in the different treatment groups
Time Frame: 90 days
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90 days
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Number of CD34+ cells in peripheral blood
Time Frame: 6 days
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6 days
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Change in MELD score
Time Frame: 90 days
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90 days
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Change in modified Maddrey's Discriminant Function at 90 days.
Time Frame: 90 days
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Modified Maddrey's Discriminant Function will be calculated using the following formula: [4.6 × (prothrombin time of patient - prothrombin time of control) + serum bilirubin in mg/dl] Modified Maddrey's Discriminant Function is a validated and well-established parameter for assessing the severity and prognosis of alcoholic hepatitis. |
90 days
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Change in Child Turcotte Pugh score
Time Frame: 90 days
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90 days
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Collaborators and Investigators
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Chemically-Induced Disorders
- Digestive System Diseases
- Alcohol-Related Disorders
- Substance-Related Disorders
- RNA Virus Infections
- Virus Diseases
- Infections
- Liver Diseases
- Hepatitis, Viral, Human
- Enterovirus Infections
- Picornaviridae Infections
- Liver Diseases, Alcoholic
- Alcohol-Induced Disorders
- Hepatitis
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis, Alcoholic
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Immunologic Factors
- Adjuvants, Immunologic
- Lenograstim
Other Study ID Numbers
- GCSF IN SAH
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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