COOLEY- Study: aCute On chrOnic Liver failurE Using the cYtosorb Device

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity Hospital, Antwerp

About this trial

A Prospective, Single-Center trial, in Patients With Acute on Chronic Liver Failure. Study of Standard Medical Care Plus CytoSorb® Compared to Standard Medical Care Alone in a historical group.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

adult patients (≥ 18 years) admitted to the University Hospital of Antwerp (UZA), Belgium.

Written informed consent from patient or if not possible due to encephalopathy (> grade 2): legal representative

Acute decompensation event (identifiable trigger)

Hepatic encephalopathy grade ≥ 2

Disqualifiers

• known patient will against participation in the study or against the measures applied in the study

a decision made prior to inclusion to stop further treatment of the patient within the next 24 hours

no complete remission of malignancy including hepatocellular carcinoma within the past 12 months

ongoing intermittent or CRRT before study inclusion

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • CytoSorb

Treatment groups

20 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

University Hospital, Antwerp

Lead sponsor

CytoSorbents Europe GmbH

Collaborator