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The Treatment of Bioartificial Liver With hiHep Cells After Extensive Hepatectomy

A Clinical Study of hiHep Cells for Bioartificial Liver After Extensive Hepatectomy

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05035108
Enrollment
10
Registered
2021-09-05
Start date
2021-09-05
Completion date
2030-11-30
Last updated
2025-06-26

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Conditions

Hepatoma Resectable

Brief summary

It is a prospective, non-randomized, single-arm cohort study. A total of 10 patients will be included in this study. Based on standardized treatment, the treatment of bioartificial liver device will be applied 48-72 hours after extensive hepatectomy. The bioartificial liver device consists of clinical-grade human-induced hepatocytes (hiHep) generated from human fibroblasts via transdifferentiation. In order to evaluate the security and effectiveness of the device, liver function, liver volume, the incidence of liver failure and other results will be analyzed.

Detailed description

Include large-scale hepatectomy patients who meet the Inclusion criteria into the experimental group. Patient will be sent to ICU monitoring after surgery , the investigators will evaluate the blood routine, liver and kidney function, blood coagulation function, and immune inflammation indicators on the first day after surgery, and large veins will be temporarily indwelled within 48-72 hours Hemodialysis tube, then take artificial liver treatment which lasts 4-6h, follow-up test results on the 1st day, 3rd day, 7th day, 1 month and 3 months about blood routine, liver and kidney function, coagulation function, blood ammonia, Immune inflammation indicators, imaging examinations (CT or MR) at 7 days, 1 month and 3 months after treatment, to evaluate the recovery of liver function and liver regeneration after artificial liver treatment.

Interventions

BIOLOGICALhiHep bioartificial liver therapy

HiHep cell bioartificial liver treatment was performed 48-72 hours after extensive hepatectomy. Temporary hemodialysis tube for large vein (jugular vein or femoral vein) is indwelled before treatment. Before treatment, prepare hiHeps-BAL in a biological safety cabinet that meets clinical standards, connect the corresponding tubing to the Jianfan DX-10 blood purification machine, and prefill with heparin saline. Half an hour before treatment, the patient was pre-heparinized (heparin about 600iu) and dexamethasone to prevent allergic reactions. The patient enters the ICU, the monitor is connected to the corresponding pipeline, the arterial pump 120-160ml/min, the slurry pump 30-40ml/min, the circulating pump 75-100ml/min, the duration is 4-6h.

Sponsors

Hexaell Biotech Co., Ltd.
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
30 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Diagnosed as liver cancer, hepatolithiasis, benign liver tumor, with clear indications for liver resection; 2. Liver function Child A-B; 3. There is no contraindication to surgery for cardiopulmonary function; 4. The expected remaining liver volume/standard liver volume is less than 50%;

Exclusion criteria

1. In the late stage of the disease, patients with frequent symptoms such as cerebral edema accompanied by cerebral herniation and clinical evidence indicating intracranial hemorrhage; 2. PaO2/FiO2 is less than 200 and cannot be corrected; 3. Patients with diffuse intravascular coagulation; 4. Those with active bleeding; 5. Uncontrolled infection; 6. The platelet count is less than 50,000/μL and cannot be corrected; 7. There is no blood vessel available for dialysis treatment; 8. HIV, HDV or HCV positive; 9. Drug abuse within 1 year; 10. Those with severe systemic circulatory failure; 11. Those who are highly allergic to the drugs used in the treatment process, such as plasma, heparin, protamine, etc.; 12. Combined pregnancy; 13. Patients with hepatorenal syndrome; 14. Patients with autoimmune liver disease; 15. Patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver and hereditary liver diseases (Wilson syndrome and a-antitrypsin deficiency); 16. Other conditions that the clinician believes cannot tolerate the treatment.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
The incidence of adverse events (safety and tolerability).3 months after therapyRecord adverse events (AE), serious adverse events (SAE), and AEs (TEAE) that occurred during treatment.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Rate of liver proliferation7day,1month,3 months after therapyRemaining liver growth rate (calculation of residual liver volume based on CT three-dimensional reconstruction).
Incidence of liver failure1day,3day,7day,1month,3 months after therapyUse Guidelines for The Diagnosis and Treatment of Liver Failure (exclude liver failure caused by surgical hemodynamic problems).
Complication rate1day,3day,7day,1month,3 months after therapySuch as pleural effusion, hydrops abdominis, hemorrhage, bile leakage.
Patient's recovery of liver function1day,3day,7day,1month,3 months after therapyThrough child-pugh liver function grading standard and changes in ALT, AST, AKP, r-GGT, TBil, DBil, ALB to evaluate liver function.
Renal function1day,3day,7day,1month,3 months after therapyRecord the changes in creatinine and urea nitrogen, calculate GFR through MDRD or CKD-EPI formula to evaluate renal function by classification standards for renal insufficiency.
Electrolyte level1day,3day,7day,1month,3 months after therapyChanges in the concentration of Na+, K+, Cl+, Ca+ in blood before and after treatment.
Immunoinflammatory index1day,3day,7day,1month,3 months after therapyChanges in PCT, hCRP, immune globulin (IgA, IgM, IgG), complement (C3, C4) after the treatment.

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactXiujun Cai, MD
caixiujunzju@yahoo.com.cn0086-0571-86006605

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026