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Registration number
NCT04613921
Ethics application status
Date submitted
28/10/2020
Date registered
3/11/2020
Date last updated
6/05/2023

Titles & IDs
Public title
Liver Transplantation in Patients With CirrHosis and Severe Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: iNdications and outComEs
Scientific title
Liver Transplantation in Patients With CirrHosis and Severe Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF): iNdications and outComEs
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2020/01325
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
CHANCE
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Liver Diseases 0 0
Liver Cirrhosis 0 0
Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure 0 0
Liver Transplant; Complications 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Oral and Gastrointestinal 0 0 0 0
Other diseases of the mouth, teeth, oesophagus, digestive system including liver and colon
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Liver
Inflammatory and Immune System 0 0 0 0
Connective tissue diseases
Inflammatory and Immune System 0 0 0 0
Other inflammatory or immune system disorders

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Observational
Patient registry
Target follow-up duration
Target follow-up type
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Other interventions - Observational Protocol

Group 1 - patients listed for liver transplantation with ACLF-2 or 3 at the time of listing or developing ACLF 2-3 while on the waiting list (n=2,000)

Group 2 - patients listed for liver transplantation with decompensated cirrhosis without ACLF-2 or 3 and poor liver function (MELD > 20) at the time of listing (n=500)

Group 3 - patients having ACLF-2 or 3, are assessed for inclusion in the waiting list, but are finally not listed for liver transplantation (n=500)


Other interventions: Observational Protocol
The cohorts will be followed for one year after LT transplantation except for group 3 (1-year follow-up after inclusion)
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Other interventions
Comparator / control treatment
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Outcomes
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Survival
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1 year

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- 1. Male or female subject =18 years of age.

2. Subjects with diagnosis of liver cirrhosis (based on clinical, laboratory,
endoscopic, and ultrasonographic features or on histology).

3. Subjects who have been hospitalized for acute decompensation of liver cirrhosis and
referred to the transplant team:

- Group 1: patients listed for liver transplantation with ACLF-2 or 3 at the time of
listing or developing ACLF 2-3 while on the waiting list.

- Group 2: patients listed for liver transplantation with decompensated cirrhosis
without ACLF-2 or 3 and poor liver function (MELD>20) at the time of listing.

- Group 3: patients having ACLF-2 or 3, are assessed for inclusion in the waiting list,
but are finally not listed for liver transplantation.

4. Patients (or trusted person, family member or close relation if the patient is
unable to express consent) who have been informed and signed their informed consent
Inclusion criteria
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
80 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
Key exclusion criteria
-

Study design
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Selection
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Prospective
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
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Recruiting
Data analysis
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Actual
8/07/2021
Date of last participant enrolment
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Actual
Date of last data collection
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31/12/2026
Actual
Sample size
Target
3000
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Final
Recruitment in Australia
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Austin Hospital - Heidelberg
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Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital - Nedlands
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Royal Prince Alfred Hospital - Sydney
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- Heidelberg
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- Nedlands
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- Sydney
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
European Foundation for Study of Chronic Liver Failure
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Management of ACLF is mainly supportive. The poor outcomes lead physicians to consider liver
transplantation as an option, even if controversial. In sicker recipients, LT results in
immediate survival, but poor medium-term survival rates in some studies. The scarcity of
deceased donors obliges to maximize LT success. Alternative strategies, as living-donor LT,
should be explored. LDLT has impressive results in Eastern centers, but it is restrained in
Western countries, due to potential life-threatening complications in the donor.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04613921
Trial related presentations / publications
Gustot T, Fernandez J, Garcia E, Morando F, Caraceni P, Alessandria C, Laleman W, Trebicka J, Elkrief L, Hopf C, Solis-Munoz P, Saliba F, Zeuzem S, Albillos A, Benten D, Montero-Alvarez JL, Chivas MT, Concepcion M, Cordoba J, McCormick A, Stauber R, Vogel W, de Gottardi A, Welzel TM, Domenicali M, Risso A, Wendon J, Deulofeu C, Angeli P, Durand F, Pavesi M, Gerbes A, Jalan R, Moreau R, Gines P, Bernardi M, Arroyo V; CANONIC Study Investigators of the EASL-CLIF Consortium. Clinical Course of acute-on-chronic liver failure syndrome and effects on prognosis. Hepatology. 2015 Jul;62(1):243-52. doi: 10.1002/hep.27849. Epub 2015 May 29.
Artru F, Louvet A, Ruiz I, Levesque E, Labreuche J, Ursic-Bedoya J, Lassailly G, Dharancy S, Boleslawski E, Lebuffe G, Kipnis E, Ichai P, Coilly A, De Martin E, Antonini TM, Vibert E, Jaber S, Herrerro A, Samuel D, Duhamel A, Pageaux GP, Mathurin P, Saliba F. Liver transplantation in the most severely ill cirrhotic patients: A multicenter study in acute-on-chronic liver failure grade 3. J Hepatol. 2017 Oct;67(4):708-715. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2017.06.009. Epub 2017 Jun 21.
Sundaram V, Jalan R, Wu T, Volk ML, Asrani SK, Klein AS, Wong RJ. Factors Associated with Survival of Patients With Severe Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure Before and After Liver Transplantation. Gastroenterology. 2019 Apr;156(5):1381-1391.e3. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2018.12.007. Epub 2018 Dec 18.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Contact person for public queries
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Anna Bosch
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34 93 227 1400
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[email protected]
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04613921