TReatment for ImmUne Mediated PathopHysiology

Description

TReatment for ImmUne Mediated PathopHysiology (TRIUMPH) is a multi-center, three arm, randomized, controlled trial of immunosuppressive therapy for children with acute liver failure. The study will determine if suppressing inflammatory responses with either corticosteroids or equine anti-thymocyte globulin therapy improves survival for children with this rare, life-threatening condition.

Conditions

Acute Liver Failure, Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Hepatic Encephalopathy, Acute Liver Injury, Immune Dysregulation

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

TReatment for ImmUne Mediated PathopHysiology (TRIUMPH) is a multi-center, three arm, randomized, controlled trial of immunosuppressive therapy for children with acute liver failure. The study will determine if suppressing inflammatory responses with either corticosteroids or equine anti-thymocyte globulin therapy improves survival for children with this rare, life-threatening condition.

A Phase 2b, Double-Blind, Three Arm, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial With Restricted Response Adaptive Randomization Testing the Efficacy and Safety of High Dose Methylprednisolone or Equine Anti-Thymocyte Globulin as Treatment for Acute Liver Failure in Pediatric Patients

TReatment for ImmUne Mediated PathopHysiology

Condition
Acute Liver Failure
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Los Angeles

Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90027

Palo Alto

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304

San Francisco

University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, California, United States, 94158

Aurora

Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045

New Haven

Yale New Haven Children's Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510

Atlanta

Emory Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322

Chicago

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

Indianapolis

Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202

Boston

Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115

Kansas City

The Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64108

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Patient with liver injury of ≤ 6 weeks duration resulting in an international normalized ratio (INR) of ≥ 1.5 and \< 2.0 (not corrected by vitamin K) with evidence of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) or INR ≥ 2.0 without evidence of HE.
  • 2. Age is greater than or equal to 1 year and less than 18 years of age.
  • 3. Patient or their legally authorized representative(s) (LAR) must consent (and assent, if applicable) to be in the study and must have signed and dated an approved informed consent form which conforms to federal and institutional guidelines.
  • 4. Females of reproductive potential should not plan on conceiving children during the study and must agree to use a medically accepted form of contraception.
  • 1. Evidence of active infection with Hepatitis A, B, C, E or evidence of acute herpes simplex virus (HSV) or adenovirus infection
  • 2. Travel within the past 3 months to an area highly endemic for Hepatitis E
  • 3. Diagnosis of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Note: Patients with a history of consanguinity and/or central nervous system (CNS) dysfunction that is exaggerated compared to the degree of liver dysfunction (as judged by the site investigator) will not be enrolled until results of rapid genetic testing are available. Turn-around time for genetic testing results is estimated to be 72-96 hours.
  • 4. Aplastic anemia as defined by standardized criteria \[1\] diagnosed prior to enrollment
  • 5. Diagnosis of autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH)
  • 6. Diagnosis of acute Wilson disease
  • 7. Diagnosis of inborn error of metabolism Note: Suspicion of metabolic disease is not an exclusion for entry into the Trial.
  • 8. Diagnosis of acute drug or toxin-induced liver injury
  • 9. History of recreational drug use within the past 4 weeks
  • 10. Therapy with an immunosuppressive agent, including chemotherapy, biological therapies or an experimental drug or device within the past 6 weeks
  • 11. Liver injury due to ischemia
  • 12. Liver dysfunction diagnosed more than 6 weeks prior to screening
  • 13. History of allergy to horse dander
  • 14. Sepsis
  • 15. Imminent risk of death as judged by the clinical site investigator, including but not limited to; signs of cerebral herniation at the time of enrollment and presence of intractable arterial hypotension
  • 16. Solid organ or stem cell transplant recipient
  • 17. Pregnant or breast-feeding at the time of proposed study entry
  • 18. Clinical AIDS or HIV positive
  • 19. History of any form of malignant neoplasm and/or tumors treated within five years prior to study entry (other than non-melanoma skin cancer or in situ cervical cancer) or where there is current evidence of recurrent or metastatic disease
  • 20. Received a live-virus vaccine within 4 weeks of study entry
  • 21. Positive test result for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection
  • 22. Psychiatric or addictive disorders that would preclude obtaining informed consent/assent
  • 23. Patient is unwilling or unable to adhere with study requirements and procedures
  • 24. Currently receiving other experimental therapies

Ages Eligible for Study

1 Year to 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK),

Estella M Alonso, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Valerie L Durkalski-Mauldin, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Medical University of South Carolina

Ed Doo, MD, STUDY_DIRECTOR, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Averell Sherker, MD, STUDY_DIRECTOR, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Study Record Dates

2027-01-31