Proof-of-concept to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Prednisone in Idiosyncratic Hepatotoxicity

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorFundación Pública Andaluza para la Investigación de Málaga en Biomedicina y Salud

About this trial

This trial´s aim is to assess if oral prednisone (compared to placebo), administered over five weeks is beneficial in terms of decreased total bilirubin (TBL): reduction of the peak of TBL at least 50% at 14 days or reduction in the time to normalisation of TBL value.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Female and male patients, aged ≥ 18 years.

Patients who have been diagnosed with DILI by the expert committee.

Patients with moderate to severe DILI (elevations of ALT or AST ≥ 5 times the Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) and serum TBL ≥ 2.5 mg/dL).

Patients who do not show a 15% reduction in ALT values or TBL continues to increase 5-10 days after liver damage recognition despite the withdrawal of the culprit drug.

Disqualifiers

No clear DILI diagnosis after an expert committee DILI assessment.

DILI due to immune-checkpoint inhibitors.

Presence of active infection as evidenced by positive urine or blood culture.

Acute liver failure (international normalized ratio (INR) > 1.5 and hepatic encephalopathy).

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Prednisone

    Drug

    Placebo

Treatment groups

60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Active treatmentActive comparator 1 intervention
Group B: Placebo treatmentPlacebo comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Total bilirubin

To assess if oral prednisone (compared to placebo), administered over five weeks is beneficial in terms of decreased total bilirubin (TBL): reduction of the peak of TBL at least 50% at 14 days or reduction in the time to normalisation of TBL value.

Time frame
Through study completation, an average 2 years

Secondary outcomes

1

Peak alanine aminotransferase level

Comparison prednisone/placebo when reducing peak alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and international normalized ratio (INR) values by at least 50% at day 7 or reducing the time to normalisation.

Time frame
2 years
2

Aspartate aminotransferase level

Comparison prednisone/placebo when reducing peak alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and international normalized ratio (INR) values by at least 50% at day 7 or reducing the time to normalisation.

Time frame
2 years
3

International normalized ratio values

Comparison prednisone/placebo when reducing peak alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and international normalized ratio (INR) values by at least 50% at day 7 or reducing the time to normalisation.

Time frame
Through study completation, an average 2 years

Other outcomes

Locations

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