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To Assess Safety/Efficacy of ELAD in Subjects w/ Severe Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis (sAAH) and Lille Score Failure

Launched by VITAL THERAPIES, INC. · Apr 10, 2013

Trial Information

Current as of May 20, 2025

Terminated

Keywords

Liver Failure Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis Patients Failing Steroid Therapy Alcoholic Hepatitis Steroid Failure Lille Criteria Elad

ClinConnect Summary

The Lille score will be used to identify subjects with an increased risk of mortality (Lille score failures). The Lille score is a prognostic model combining six reproducible variables at Day 0 and Day 7 of steroid treatment. The Lille score used in this protocol is being used independent of steroid administration during the 7 days of evaluation. A Lille score \>0.45 (Lille score failure) indicates that the subject is at substantially increased risk of 30- and 90-day mortality. Subjects with severe acute alcoholic hepatitis (sAAH) are often treated with steroids as soon as their diagnosis i...

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Age ≥18 ;
  • Total bilirubin ≥8 mg/dL;
  • Medical history of alcohol abuse with evidence of a causal and temporal (\<6 weeks) relationship to the use of alcohol and hospital admission for this episode of sAAH;
  • Maddrey score ≥32
  • A clinical diagnosis of severe acute alcoholic hepatitis (sAAH);
  • Subject must have liver biopsy or in investigator's opinion, if risk is too great to perform liver biopsy, then clinical diagnosis is sufficient;
  • Subject must be a Lille score failure (Lille score \>0.45) as defined in this study.
  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Platelet count \<50,000/mm3;
  • International Normalization Ratio (INR) \>3.0;
  • MELD score \>35;
  • Evidence of infection unresponsive to antibiotics;
  • Evidence of jaundice for \>3 months;
  • Hospital admission for any episodes of liver decompensation not related to sAAH, (other than this episode of sAAH) within the past 2 months;
  • Evidence of hemodynamic instability;
  • Evidence of active bleeding or of major hemorrhage defined as requiring ≥2 units of packed red blood cells to maintain a stable hemoglobin occurring within 48 hours of Screening;
  • Evidence of occlusive portal vein thrombosis impairing hepatopetal flow, or evidence of bile duct obstruction;
  • Evidence by physical exam, history, or laboratory evaluation of significant concomitant disease with expected life expectancy of less than 3 months;
  • Clinical evidence of liver size reduction due to cirrhosis, unless Investigator interpretation of the clinical evidence indicates liver size of \<10 cm or volume of \<750 cc is not considered reduced for the individual subject;
  • Chronic end-stage renal disease requiring chronic hemodialysis for more than 8 weeks (not classified as hepatorenal syndrome);
  • Uncontrolled seizures;
  • Positive serologies for viral hepatitis B or C;
  • Pregnancy as determined by β-human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) results;
  • Participation in another investigational drug, biologic, or device study within one month of enrollment, except for observational studies (the observational study setting should not affect the safety and/or efficacy of the VTI-210 clinical trial);
  • Currently listed or scheduled for liver transplant during the 90-day study period;
  • Previous liver transplant;
  • Previous participation in a clinical trial involving ELAD;
  • Has a Do Not Resuscitate or a Do Not Intubate (DNR/DNI) directive (or local equivalent) or any other Advanced Directive limiting Standard of Care in place (the DNR/DNI criterion is not applicable in the UK);
  • Refusal to participate in the VTI-210E follow-up study;
  • Is unable to provide an address for follow-up home visits.
  • And other inclusion/exclusion criteria

About Vital Therapies, Inc.

Vital Therapies, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing innovative cell-based therapies for the treatment of acute liver failure and other serious liver diseases. Focused on advancing its proprietary ELAD® (Extracorporeal Liver Assist Device) system, the company aims to provide a bridge to transplant for patients suffering from liver dysfunction. With a commitment to improving patient outcomes through rigorous clinical research and development, Vital Therapies leverages cutting-edge technology and scientific expertise to address critical unmet medical needs in hepatology.

Locations

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Bronx, New York, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Hannover, , Germany

Manhasset, New York, United States

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Bronx, New York, United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Barcelona, , Spain

Santander, , Spain

San Diego, California, United States

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Weston, Florida, United States

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Madrid, , Spain

Sevilla, , Spain

Cordoba, , Spain

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Santiago De Compostela, La Coruña, Spain

London, , United Kingdom

Madrid, , Spain

Miami, Florida, United States

Valencia, , Spain

Newark, New Jersey, United States

Doncaster, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Brighton, , United Kingdom

London, , United Kingdom

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Berlin, , Germany

Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

Baracaldo, Vizcaya, Spain

London, England, United Kingdom

Hampstead, London, United Kingdom

Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Patients applied

0 patients applied

Trial Officials

Jan Stange, MD

Study Director

Vital Therapies, Inc.

Rajiv Jalan, MD

Principal Investigator

UK - Royal Free Hospital

Juan Caballeria, MD

Principal Investigator

Spain - Hospital Clinic de Barcelona

José Luis Montero, MD

Principal Investigator

Spain - Hospital Reina Sofia

Rafael Bañares, MD

Principal Investigator

Spain - Hospital Gregorio Marañon

Kalyan R Bhamidimarri, MD

Principal Investigator

FL - University of Miami Hospital

Julie Thompson, MD

Principal Investigator

MN - University of Minnesota Medical Center - Twin Cities Campus

Valentin Cuervas-Mons Martinez, MD

Principal Investigator

Spain - Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro - Majadahonda

Santiago Tome, MD

Principal Investigator

Spain - Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela

Martín Prieto, MD

Principal Investigator

Spain - Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe

Sumita Verma, MD

Principal Investigator

UK - Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

Paul J Gaglio, MD

Principal Investigator

NY - Montefiore Medical Center

Manuel Romero-Gomez, MD

Principal Investigator

Spain - Hospital Universitario de Valme

Andrew deLemos, MD

Principal Investigator

NC - Carolinas Medical Center

Joanna Sayer, MD

Principal Investigator

UK - Doncaster Royal Infirmary

Lance Stein, MD

Principal Investigator

GA - Piedmont Atlanta Hospital

Javier Crespo, MD

Principal Investigator

Spain - Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla

Rohit Satoskar, MD

Principal Investigator

DC - Georgetown University Hospital

David J Kramer, MD

Principal Investigator

WI - Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

David Reich, MD

Principal Investigator

PA - Drexel University College of Medicine

Anne M Larson, MD

Principal Investigator

WA - Swedish Medical Center

Xaralambos Zervos, DO

Principal Investigator

FL - Cleveland Clinic Florida

Kirti Shetty, MD

Principal Investigator

MD - Johns Hopkins University Hospital

Simona Rossi, MD

Principal Investigator

PA - Albert Einstein Medical Center

Ram Subramanian, MD

Principal Investigator

GA - Emory University Hospital

Alexander Kuo, MD

Principal Investigator

CA - University of California San Diego

Talal Adhami, MD

Principal Investigator

OH - Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Maria Jesús Suárez, MD

Principal Investigator

Spain - Hospital Universitario de Cruces

Nikolaos T Pyrsopoulos, MD

Principal Investigator

NJ - Rutgers University Hospital

Julio Gutierrez, MD

Principal Investigator

TX - University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio

Andres Duarte-Rojo, MD

Principal Investigator

AR - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Agustín Albillos, MD

Principal Investigator

Spain - Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal

Raza Malik, MD

Principal Investigator

MA - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Markus Busch, MD

Principal Investigator

Germany - Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Anupama Duddempudi, MD

Principal Investigator

NY - North Shore University Hospital

Marco Antonio Olivera-Martinez, MD

Principal Investigator

NE - University of Nebraska Medical Center

Eckart Schott, MD

Principal Investigator

Germany - Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum Medizinische Klinik

Timeline

First submit

Trial launched

Trial updated

Estimated completion

Not reported

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