A Preliminary Study to Evaluate Cysteamine Therapy in Human Subjects With Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether cysteamine will effectively reduce or reverse the biologic markers of steatohepatitis in patients.

Timeline

Start

2008-10

Primary completion

2009-06

Completion

2010-01

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper The primary endpoint was reached in 7 and normalisation (≤40 IU/L) of ALT in 5. PMID 21395631 ↗

Publications

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• Background Angulo P, Lindor KD. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2002 Feb;17 Suppl:S186-90. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.17.s1.10.x.
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• Background Fishbein MH, Miner M, Mogren C, Chalekson J. The spectrum of fatty liver in obese children and the relationship of serum aminotransferases to severity of steatosis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2003 Jan;36(1):54-61. doi: 10.1097/00005176-200301000-00012.
• Background Wu G, Fang YZ, Yang S, Lupton JR, Turner ND; New Collective Author. Glutathione metabolism and its implications for health. J Nutr. 2004 Mar;134(3):489-92. doi: 10.1093/jn/134.3.489.
• Background Prescott LF, Critchley JA. The treatment of acetaminophen poisoning. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol. 1983;23:87-101. doi: 10.1146/annurev.pa.23.040183.000511.
• Background Prescott LF, Park J, Proudfoot AT. Cysteamine, L-methionine and D-penicillamine in paracetamol poisoning. J Int Med Res. 1976;4(4 Suppl):112-7. doi: 10.1177/14732300760040S420. No abstract available.
• Background Prescott LF. Haemodialysis in paracetomol self-poisoning. Lancet. 1972 Sep 23;2(7778):652. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(72)93038-3. No abstract available.
• Background Prescott LF, Stewart MJ, Proudfoot AT. Cysteamine or N-acetylcysteine for paracetamol poisoning? Br Med J. 1978 Apr 1;1(6116):856-7. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6116.856-a. No abstract available.
• Background Mitchell JR, Thorgeirsson SS, Potter WZ, Jollow DJ, Keiser H. Acetaminophen-induced hepatic injury: protective role of glutathione in man and rationale for therapy. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 1974 Oct;16(4):676-84. doi: 10.1002/cpt1974164676. No abstract available.
• Background Lyons J, Rauh-Pfeiffer A, Yu YM, Lu XM, Zurakowski D, Tompkins RG, Ajami AM, Young VR, Castillo L. Blood glutathione synthesis rates in healthy adults receiving a sulfur amino acid-free diet. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 May 9;97(10):5071-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.090083297.
• Background Lu SC. Regulation of glutathione synthesis. Curr Top Cell Regul. 2000;36:95-116. doi: 10.1016/s0070-2137(01)80004-2. No abstract available.
• Background Gahl WA, Thoene JG, Schneider JA. Cystinosis. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jul 11;347(2):111-21. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra020552. No abstract available.
• Background Dohil R, Fidler M, Barshop BA, Gangoiti J, Deutsch R, Martin M, Schneider JA. Understanding intestinal cysteamine bitartrate absorption. J Pediatr. 2006 Jun;148(6):764-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.01.050.
• Background Pamuk GE, Sonsuz A. N-acetylcysteine in the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2003 Oct;18(10):1220-1. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2003.03156.x. No abstract available.
• Dohil R, Schmeltzer S, Cabrera BL, Wang T, Durelle J, Duke KB, Schwimmer JB, Lavine JE. Enteric-coated cysteamine for the treatment of paediatric non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2011 May;33(9):1036-44. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2011.04626.x. Epub 2011 Mar 13.

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