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Clinical Trials/EUCTR2020-006023-33-ES
EUCTR2020-006023-33-ESActive, not recruitingPhase 1

Efficacy of simvastatin reducing liver fibrosis in patients with advanced fibrosis due to alcohol: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. - SIMFIB

Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer0 sites90 target enrollmentStarted: June 23, 2021Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Phase 1
Status
Active, not recruiting
Enrollment
90

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1. Age = 18 years
  • 2. Chronic alcohol-related liver disease according to international guidelines (EASL, European Association for the Study of the Liver) (ishak 3-6)and with data of significant liver fibrosis obtained in the diagnostic biopsy at the beginning of the study or in the last biopsy of the patient within 6 months prior to randomization. Significant liver fibrosis is defined by a score on the Ishak fibrosis scale of between 3 and 6.
  • 3. Patients in the compensated chronic liver disease phase defined by the absence of clinical decompensations at the time of entering the study, with or without data of portal hypertension.
  • 4. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test prior to study enrollment and agree to use highly effective contraceptive methods (combined oral pill, injectable or implanted contraceptive, intrauterine device / hormone delivery system intrauterine) during the study.
  • Are the trial subjects under 18? no
  • Number of subjects for this age range:
  • F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
  • F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 75
  • F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
  • F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 15

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1. Patients receiving statins or fibrates.
  • 2. Patients with other etiologies of liver disease in addition to alcohol: hepatitis C, hepatitis B, autoimmune hepatitis, Wilson's disease, or hemochromatosis.
  • 3. Patients in whom hepatitis C has been cured with antivirals in the 2 years prior to inclusion in the study.
  • 4. Patients with a CK elevation of 50% or more above the upper limit of normal at the time of study inclusion.
  • 5. Gastrointestinal bleeding due to portal hypertension within 12 months prior to inclusion in the study.
  • 6. Clinical hepatic encephalopathy, defined as grade II-IV hepatic encephalopathy, in the 12 months prior to inclusion in the study.
  • 7. Patients in need of diuretic treatment in the previous 12 months to control ascites or hydrothorax.
  • 8. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis within 12 months prior to study enrollment.
  • 9.Child-Pugh > 8
  • 10. Hepatocellular carcinoma of any stage.
  • 11. Patients with known muscle disease.
  • 12. Patients with previous rhabdomyolysis.
  • 13. Patients being treated with strong CYP3A4 enzyme inhibitors (see section 5.2: Concomitant drugs, not allowed and allowed).
  • 14. Patients being treated with drugs with possible interactions with simvastatin (see section 5.2: Concomitant drugs, not allowed and allowed).
  • 15. Patients with a history of significant extrahepatic disease with poor short-term prognosis, including New York Heart Association Grade III / V congestive heart failure, GOLD COPD> 2, chronic kidney disease with serum creatinine> 2mg / dL or under therapy of kidney replacement.
  • 16. Patients with extrahepatic malignancies, including solid tumors and hematologic malignancies.
  • 17. Patients with a history or increased risk of intestinal obstruction.
  • 18. Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
  • 19. Patients included in other clinical trials during the previous month.
  • 20. Patients with mental disabilities, language barriers, poor social support or any other reason considered by the researcher as essential for adequate understanding, cooperation or compliance with the study.
  • 21. Presence of data on alcoholic hepatitis in liver biopsy upon inclusion.
  • 22. Patients with contraindications for statins.
  • 23. Known hypersensitivity to simvastatin.
  • 24. Refusal to sign the informed consent.

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