The Markers and Paracetamol Poisoning Study 2
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- STATUS
- Recruiting
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- End date
- Apr 30, 2023
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- participants needed
- 500
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- sponsor
- NHS Lothian
Summary
Paracetamol overdose is one of the most common medical emergencies. Annually in the UK, 100,000 people seek medical attention and 50,000 need hospital admission. Treatment is with the antidote acetylcysteine (NAC), which is effective but takes 21 hours to administer intravenously and frequently produces adverse reactions.
Current tools that are used to decide who needs treatment are inadequate. this trial team have identified and validated new blood tests that accurately identify those patients at risk of liver injury by quantifying the fundamental in vivo toxicity mechanisms.
This study aim to gain further samples in order to develop a new point-of-care test specifically for the detection of liver damage.
Description
Paracetamol overdose is one of the most common medical emergencies. Annually in the UK, 100,000 people seek medical attention and 50,000 need hospital admission. Treatment is with the antidote acetylcysteine (NAC), which is effective but takes 21 hours to administer intravenously and frequently produces adverse reactions. Paracetamol is the commonest cause of acute liver failure and directly kills around 200 people/year in the UK. Management of paracetamol overdose is estimated to cost around 48 million/year to the NHS.
Current tools that are used to decide who needs treatment are inadequate. This trial team have identified and validated new blood tests that accurately identify those patients at risk of liver injury by quantifying the fundamental in vivo toxicity mechanisms. Over the last 4 years the team have published data in leading journals such as The Lancet, Lancet Gastroenterology (the MAPP Trial), Hepatology and Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. The current gold standard marker, serum Alanine Aminotransferase Test (ALT) activity, lacks both sensitivity and specificity for early liver injury. This has resulted in being able to qualify 3 new liver biomarkers in over 1,200 patients (microRNA-122 (miR-122), High Mobility Group Box protein 1 (HMGB1) and keratin-18 (K18)) and demonstrated they predict liver injury at first presentation to hospital with high accuracy at a time when ALT is still normal.
This project develops a new point-of-care (POC) test for circulating microRNA specifically for the detection of liver damage after paracetamol overdose. The team have developed the microRNA biomarker (miR-122) to the point where it has received formal regulatory support from the USA Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The proposed assay has backing from worldwide clinical opinion leaders and pharma partners such as AstraZeneca, GSK and Novartis. The engineering solution for POC microRNA detection is underpinned by robust pilot data and field-leading expertise. The current assay for miR-122 is PCR following extensive sample preparation which is too slow for acute clinical decision making and for dose-escalation decisions. To address this key roadblock (as identified by the FDA) the team will use electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). the trial team have over 10 years of experience in EIS-based POC test development. Pilot data demonstrate that EIS can detect miR-122 spiked into buffer and distinguish patients with DILI (high miR-122) from healthy subjects (low miR-122).
Details
| Condition | paracetamol overdose, acetaminophen overdose |
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| Treatment | Surplus blood tests |
| Clinical Study Identifier | NCT03497104 |
| Sponsor | NHS Lothian |
| Last Modified on | 10 September 2021 |
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