The INFECIR-2 Albumin Prevention Study

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate whether albumin administration improves short-term survival in patients with advanced cirrhosis and bacterial infections other than Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP).

Timeline

Start

2014-05

Primary completion

2016-12-31

Completion

2017-02-10

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

Stopped (Enrollment): “Low recruitment rate and expiration of the study drug”

paper There was no significant difference in the primary outcome between groups (13.1% in the study group vs 10.5% in the control group; P = .66). PMID 31394283 ↗

Publications

• Background Guevara M, Terra C, Nazar A, Sola E, Fernandez J, Pavesi M, Arroyo V, Gines P. Albumin for bacterial infections other than spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis. A randomized, controlled study. J Hepatol. 2012 Oct;57(4):759-65. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2012.06.013. Epub 2012 Jun 23.
• Background Thevenot T, Bureau C, Oberti F, Anty R, Louvet A, Plessier A, Rudler M, Heurgue-Berlot A, Rosa I, Talbodec N, Dao T, Ozenne V, Carbonell N, Causse X, Goria O, Minello A, De Ledinghen V, Amathieu R, Barraud H, Nguyen-Khac E, Becker C, Paupard T, Botta-Fridlung D, Abdelli N, Guillemot F, Monnet E, Di Martino V. Effect of albumin in cirrhotic patients with infection other than spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. A randomized trial. J Hepatol. 2015 Apr;62(4):822-30. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2014.11.017. Epub 2014 Nov 21.
• Fernandez J, Angeli P, Trebicka J, Merli M, Gustot T, Alessandria C, Aagaard NK, de Gottardi A, Welzel TM, Gerbes A, Soriano G, Vargas V, Albillos A, Salerno F, Durand F, Banares R, Stauber R, Prado V, Arteaga M, Hernandez-Tejero M, Aziz F, Morando F, Jansen C, Lattanzi B, Moreno C, Campion D, Gronbaek H, Garcia R, Sanchez C, Garcia E, Amoros A, Pavesi M, Claria J, Moreau R, Arroyo V. Efficacy of Albumin Treatment for Patients with Cirrhosis and Infections Unrelated to Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Apr;18(4):963-973.e14. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2019.07.055. Epub 2019 Aug 5.

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