Evaluation of Preimplantation Portal Vein and Hepatic Artery Flushing With Tacrolimus (PATAC)

Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Organ and Tissue Transplantation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Liver Transplantation; Hyperfibrinolysis; Ischemic Reperfusion Injury; Early Allograft Dysfunction

Treatments: Drug: Tacrolimus

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01887171

1633

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the Tacrolimus added to histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate (HTK) solution given through intraportal and intraarterial infusion during back-table procedure is capable of reducing the degree of early allograft liver dysfunction, as assessed by postoperative levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), during first 7 postoperative days and by serum and histochemical markers of liver injury and inflammation.

Full description

Early allograft liver dysfunction remains a significant complication of cadaveric liver transplantation with resource consuming and costly treatment, increased risk of multiorgan failure and 6-months mortality.

Ischemic reperfusion injury (IRI) is a main reason for early allograft liver dysfunction. Inflammatory response to brain death in donor can precipitate the extent of dysfunction after reperfusion in recipient (1). Clear inflammatory pathways in response to IRI have been reported to be associated with early allograft liver dysfunction (2,3). It was shown that ex vivo intraportal tacrolimus perfusion suppressed inflammation and immune response in the transplanted liver on a genome-wide basis (4).

We hypothesize that Tacrolimus added to HTK solution given through intraportal and intraarterial back-table infusion is capable of reducing the degree of early allograft liver dysfunction, as assessed by incidence of postreperfusion hyperfibrinolysis, postoperative levels of AST,ALT, during 1-7 postoperative days as well as serum and histochemical markers of liver injury and inflammation compared to no intraportal and intraarterial back-table infusion.

Enrollment: 86 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 69 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Donor:

age 15-65 years macrovesicular steatosis < 40% (macroscopy or biopsy) sodium <165 mmol/l ICU stay and ventilation < 11 days cold ischemia time < 13 hours AST < 200 U/l ALT < 200 U/l bilirubin < 50 μmol/l application of norepinephrine is allowed

• Recipient age: 18-69

Exclusion criteria

Recipient:

• live donor liver transplant
• reduced and split grafts
• multi organ failure

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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86 participants in 2 patient groups

Tacrolimus + HTK

Experimental group

Description:

During back-table operation 1000 ml of HTK solution cooled to 2-4˚C containing 20 ng/ml Tacrolimus would be given through intraportal (under gravity pressure of 40 cm H2O) and intraarterial infusion (under pressure of 40-50 mm Hg) followed by intraportal infusion of 200 ml 5% solution of Albumin containing 20 ng/ml Tacrolimus under gravity pressure of 40 cm H2O.

Treatment:

Drug: Tacrolimus

HTK

No Intervention group

Description:

During back-table operation 1000 ml of HTK solution cooled to 2-4˚C would be given through intraportal (under gravity pressure of 40 cm H2O) and intraarterial infusion (under pressure of 40-50 mm Hg) followed by intraportal infusion of 200 ml 5% solution of Albumin under gravity pressure of 40 cm H2O.