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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03018990
Date of registration: 11/01/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Odense University Hospital
Public title: Alcohol Challenge On Liver and Gut Measured by Liver Vein Catheterization. A Pathophysiological Intervention Trial
Scientific title:
Date of first enrolment: November 9, 2016
Target sample size: 40
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03018990
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Basic Science. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Denmark
Contacts
Name:     Aleksander Krag, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Professor, department of gastroenterology and hepatology, Odense University Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Alcoholic liver fibrosis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis or liver-healthy individuals

And all of following:

- Bodymass > 50 kg

- Able to be fasting and abstinent on the day of intervention

- international ratio <1.5 and platelets >100 x 10^9, 7 days before the intervention day

- Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Antibiotics during the last 4 weeks

- Total alcohol abstinence

- Desire of total alcohol abstinence

- Other causes of liver disease suspected (viral, autoimmune, haemochromatosis, Wilsons
diseases, alfa 1 antitrypsin deficiency or drug induced)

- Cirrhosis

- Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

- Incapable to follow the protocol instructions

- Pregnancy

- Primary or secondary liver cancer

- Severe comorbidity

- Allergic to the contrast media iohexol



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Liver Fibroses
Alcohol-Induced Disorders
Intervention(s)
Other: Ethanol
Primary Outcome(s)
changes in concentrations of bacterial products in the liver vein [Time Frame: Within 24 hours]
Secondary Outcome(s)
changes in concentrations of bacterial products in the peripheral vein system [Time Frame: Within 24 hours]
changes in serum-ethanol, plasma-glucose and liver biomarkers in the liver vein compared to the peripheral vein system [Time Frame: Within 24 hours]
changes in the gut microbiome [Time Frame: Within 24 hours]
changes in the liver metabolome, transcriptome and proteome [Time Frame: Within 24 hours]
Secondary ID(s)
S-20160083
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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