Therapeutic Effects of Liver Failure Patients Caused by Chronic Hepatitis B After Autologous MSCs Transplantation

Sun Yat-sen University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Liver Failure; Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00956891

SunYat-senU 5010 hepatitisB

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aimed to investigate the short-term efficacy and long-term prognosis of liver failure patients caused by hepatitis B after single transplantation with autologous marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MMSCs). Liver failure inpatients caused by hepatitis B were recruited and received the same medical treatments, among whom some patients underwent single transplantation with autologous MMSCs and other patients with matched age, gender and biochemical indexes [alanine aminotransferase (ALT), albumin (ALB), total bilirubin (TBIL), prothrombin time (PT) and Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) ] were in control group. A total of 120 ml bone marrow were obtained from patients, diluted and separated. Then MMSCs suspension were slowly transfused into the liver through the proper hepatic artery by interventional procedures. The levels of ALB, TBIL, PT and MELD score of patients in translation group were compared with those in control group. In 3 ~ 48 months of follow-up, differences in long-term outcomes such as incidence of HCC (hepatocellular carcinoma) and mortality between two groups were compared.

Full description

A total of 527 patients with chronic hepatitis B induced liver failure were recruited from May 2005 to June 2009 from our department. The diagnoses of chronic hepatitis B and liver failure were based on previously described criteria. All patients received the same medical treatments (reducibility glutathione, glycyrrhizin, ademetionine, polyene phosphatidylcholine, alprostadil, and human serum albumin). Informed consent was obtained before study. Among these patients, 53 received transplantation with autologous MMSCs. The day of surgery served as the first day of observation. And 105 patients with matched age, gender and some biochemical indexes (ALT, ALB, TBIL, PT and MELD ) were served as controls.

Enrollment: 158 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Liver failure

Exclusion criteria

• HBV negative

Trial design

158 participants in 2 patient groups

group A

Description:

autologous MSCs transplantation were performed plus medical treatments (reducibility glutathione, glycyrrhizin, ademetionine, polyene phosphatidylcholine, alprostadil, and human serum albumin)

group B

Description:

only medical treatments (reducibility glutathione, glycyrrhizin, ademetionine, polyene phosphatidylcholine, alprostadil, and human serum albumin) were performed without autologous MSCs transplantation.