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Effect of Single vs Repeated Cycles of a Combination of Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor and Darbepoetin vs Standard Medical Treatment on Immunometabolic Profile in Patient With Early Decompensated Cirrhosis.

No phase Interventional Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis

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What is being studied
The protocol lists: Darbepoetin, G-CSF, Lactulose, Albumin.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis. Basic parameters: 18 years — 70 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
India
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Official title

Effect of Single vs Repeated Cycles of a Combination of Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor and Darbepoetin vs Standard Medical Treatment on Immunometabolic Profile in Patient With Early Decompensated Cirrhosis -A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial.

Overview

Exogenous growth factor-mobilized bone marrow (BM) stem cells(G-CSF) and DARBEPOETIN use have shown a differential response in the management of decompensated cirrhosis (DC) with improved survival, CTP and MELD scores. This study was designed to evaluate potential clinical benefit of repeated cycles of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) and DARBEPOETIN versus single cycle on delta change in immunometabolic profile of patients at 6 months assessed in terms of -Change in innate immunity -Monocyte, neutrophils -distribution , function and bioenergetic adaptation .

Detailed description

Aim: To study the efficacy of single vs repeated cycle of Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor+ darbopoetin vs standard medical treatmenton immunometabolic profile in patient with early decompensated cirrhosis

Study population:

* Age 18-70 years * Early decompensated cirrhosis MELD \< 16 , CTP \< 9B * Uncomplicated ascites * A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial. * Single Centre. * Open label. * Block Randomization will be done , it will be implemented by IWRS method. * The study will be conducted in Department of Hepatology, ILBS.

Interventions

  • Drug Darbepoetin
    Darbepoetin will be given s/c at dose of 40 mcg once a week (total 4 doses) for 1 month
  • Drug G-CSF
    G-CSF will be given at a dose of 5 µg/kg s/c at days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and then every third and 7th day till day 30
  • Drug Lactulose
    Standard Medical Tretament part
  • Biological Albumin
    Standard Medical Tretament part

Primary outcome measures

  • Change in innate immunity between the groups. [Time frame: 6 months]
Secondary outcome measures (10)
  • Proportion of participants developed new-onset of LRE (such as ascites, HE, AKI, bleed and sepsis) or show mortality in all the groups. [Time frame: 6 months]
  • Cumulative incidence of second decompensation in all the groups. [Time frame: 6 months & 1 year]
  • Transplant-free survival. [Time frame: 6 months & 1 year]
  • Number of participants with improvement in liver disease severity indices (CTP). [Time frame: 6 months]
  • Number of participants with improvement in liver disease severity indices (MELD). [Time frame: 6 months]
  • Number of participants with change in adaptive immunity(T-cell, B-cell and NK cells distribution only ) [Time frame: 6 months]
  • Number of participants with change in inflammation (a panel of pro and anti-inflammatory cytokines). [Time frame: 6 months]
  • Change in gcsf levels and EPO levels at baseline and completion of each cycle. [Time frame: 6 months]
  • Proportion of participants completing treatment without major adverse effects; [Time frame: 6 months]
  • Number of participants with change in peripheral blood CD34+ Hematopoietic Stem Cells count at 6months. [Time frame: 6 months]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18-70 years
  • Decompensated cirrhosis patients
  • Uncomplicated ascites,
  • CTP ≤ 9B and MELD <16
  • BM Hematopoietic stem cell reserve > 0.4
  • Given informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with age less than 18 years or more than 65 years
  • Lack of informed consent
  • Patients with a history of serious allergic reactions to the active component, filgrastim, other human granulocyte colony-stimulating factors, or any of the ingredients
  • Evidence of alcoholic hepatitis/active alcohol abuse last intake ≤ 3 months
  • Suspected autoimmune hepatitis (ANA/ASMA-positive in titers 1:80 and/ or IgG 1.5 times upper limit of normal),
  • Hemolytic anaemia -Sickle cell disease or thalassemia
  • Patients with Grade III ascites /complicated ascites
  • Patients with large spleen (size ≥ 15cm)
  • Recent variceal bleeding in less than 42 days
  • Patients with any focus of sepsis as proven by culture positivity or presence of spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP)
  • H/o Seizures
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) or other malignancy
  • Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) with serum Creatinine >1.5 mg/ dl,
  • Multi-organ failure,
  • Hepatic Encephalopathy or prior history of HE in less than 6months
  • HIV seropositivity,
  • Uncontrolled essential hypertension, CAD /Stroke
  • Massive hydrothorax
  • Pregnancy
  • Viral etiology of liver disease
  • Chronic kidney disease
  • Portal vein thrombosis
  • Planned for LT
  • Bone marrow hematopoietic stem cells < 0.4

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Treatment

Study locations

India · 1 center
  • Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences (ILBS) — New Delhi

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07002827 · ILBS-Cirrhosis-73

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗