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Cytokine adsorption in patients with acute on chronic liver failure (CYTOHEP) – a single center, open-label, randomized, controlled intervention trial

Not Applicable
Conditions
K74.72
Registration Number
DRKS00026082
Lead Sponsor
niversitätsklinikum Freiburg Department Innere Medizin Klinik für Innere Medizin III
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting stopped after recruiting started
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
9
Inclusion Criteria

Adult patients (= 18 years) admitted to the University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
- acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) WITH
a) acute kidney injury according to Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcome (KDIGO) criteria stage 3 (= 3-fold increase of serum creatinine OR increase of serum creatinine to = 4 mg/dl OR urine output = 0.3 ml/kg/h for = 24 hours OR anuria for = 12 hours) AND
b) serum bilirubin = 5 mg/dl

Exclusion Criteria

- known patient will against participation in the study or against the measures applied in the study

- a decision made prior to inclusion to stop further treatment of the patient within the next 24 hours

- no complete remission of malignancy including hepatocellular carcinoma within the past 12 months

- patients on the waiting list for liver transplant or the potential option for being listed for liver transplant within the next 6 months

- liver cirrhosis in patients after liver transplantation

- ongoing intermittent or continuous renal replacement therapy before study inclusion

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Serum bilirubin reduction after 72 hours
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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