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CirrhoCare- Using Smart-phone Technology to Enhance Care and Access to Treatment for Cirrhosis

Launched by UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON · Jan 16, 2024

Trial Information

Current as of October 04, 2024

Recruiting

Keywords

Description

Cirrhosis, progressive scaring of the liver- has many causes, principally, excessive alcohol intake, fatty-liver and viral infections. Unlike many chronic diseases, cirrhosis deaths are increasing rapidly year-on-year. It is the third commonest cause of premature, UK working-age deaths, with 62,000 years of working-life lost each year and NHS care costs of £4.53bn annually. One quarter of all UK cirrhosis patients are at-risk of acute decompensation, whereby complications such as fluid-overload, confusion and infections arise, requiring hospital-emergency treatment. Currently, decompensate...

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • 1. Adults ≥ 18 years and diagnosed with cirrhosis of any aetiology.
  • 2. Cirrhosis defined by standard clinical criteria, ultrasonographic findings and/or histology. Cirrhosis of any aetiology may be included. However, participants with cirrhosis due to autoimmune hepatitis must be on stable corticosteroid dose for ≥3-month period before study inclusion.
  • 3. Cirrhosis severity-risk defined by European-Foundation Consortium Liver Failure - Acute Decompensation score (CLIF-C AD score) ≥45 but \<60 points at the time of screening.
  • 4. Hospitalisation for acute decompensation (determined as one or more of the following: increasing ascites, portal hypertensive-related bleeding, overt hepatic encephalopathy, new infection).
  • 5. Participants able to give informed consent.
  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • 1. Participants with ACLF grade 2 and above according to the criteria published by Moreau 1
  • 2. Participants with CLIF-C AD score ≥ 60, who have a high mortality similar to ACLF ≥2 participants. 2
  • 3. Current overt hepatic encephalopathy, defined as grade II-IV hepatic encephalopathy according to the West-Haven classification 3, unable to give consent.
  • 4. Participants with active hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or history of HCC that is in remission for less than six months for uninodular HCC or for less than 12 months for multinodular HCC within Milan criteria.
  • 5. Participants with a history of significant extra hepatic disease with impaired short-term prognosis, including congestive heart failure New York Heart Association Grade III/IV 4, COPD GOLD \>2, chronic kidney disease with serum creatinine \>2mg/dL or under renal replacement therapy.
  • 6. Participants with documented refractory ascites, and who are being considered for liver transplantation listing.
  • 7. Participants with current extra hepatic malignancies including solid tumours and hematologic disorders.
  • 8. Participants with mental incapacity, language barrier, or any other reason considered by the investigator precluding adequate understanding, cooperation or compliance in the study (e.g., severe addiction and relapse history).
  • 9. Participants with active viral infections, or yet to achieve clear response to anti-viral therapy.
  • 10. Any disorders likely to impact on study engagement, including severe frailty, severe addiction history (including opioids) with evidence of multiple relapses.
  • 11. Any other reason that the PI considers would make the participant unsuitable to enter CirrhoCare (e.g., participants on an end-of-life palliative care pathway).
  • 12. Refusal or inability to give informed consent.
  • 13. Participants enrolled in other interventional trials.

About Sponsor

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, /ˈnaɪ.æd/) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NIAID's mission is to conduct basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.

Contacts

JC

Jennifer Cobb

Immunology at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Locations

Southampton, , United Kingdom

London, , United Kingdom

Plymouth, , United Kingdom

Coventry, , United Kingdom

Liverpool, , United Kingdom

London, , United Kingdom

London, , United Kingdom

London, , United Kingdom

Oxford, , United Kingdom

People applied

Timeline

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Estimated completion

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