Personalized Long-term Human Albumin Treatment in Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis and Ascites

Ki vehet részt

• Decompensated liver cirrhosis defined as Child-Pugh score 7-12
• Clinical and/or ultrasound evidenced ascites
• Age ≥ 18 years
• At least five days since resolution of a decompensation event or any condition requiring hospitalisation

Ki nem vehet részt

• Previous liver or other transplantation
• Patients who decline to participate, patients who cannot provide prior written informed consent due to other causes than hepatic encephalopathy or patients with hepatic encephalopathy who cannot provide prior written informed consent and when there is documented evidence that the patient has no legal surrogate decision maker or sufficient ability to provide delayed informed consent
• Participation in another study within 3 months prior to screening
• Patients with acute or subacute liver failure without underlying cirrhosis
• Portal vein thrombosis without signs of cavernous transformation or recanalization
• Severe alcoholic hepatitis (Glasgow Alcoholic Hepatitis Score > 11)
• Evidence of current malignancy except for non-melanocytic skin cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma within Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC)-0 or BCLC-A
• Presence or history of severe extra-hepatic diseases (e.g.,chronic renal failure requiring hemodialysis, severe heart disease (NYHA > II); severe chronic pulmonary disease (GOLD Score ≥ C), severe neurological and psychiatric disorders, pulmonary arterial hypertension)
• HIV positive or other condition associated with and/or requiring immunosuppression
• Current, planned or previous treatment with direct antiviral agents for hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the last six months Contraindications for human albumin infusion (pulmonary oedema, hypersensitivity etc.)
• Patients with cirrhosis who develop decompensation in the postoperative period following partial hepatectomy
• Refractory ascites as defined by the International Ascites Club
• Existing TIPS inserted <6 months ago
• Hepatic encephalopathy grade III-IV
• Pregnancy
• Breastfeeding
• Physician's denial (investigator considers that the patient will not adhere to the study protocol scheduled, e.g. in case of heavy drinking)