Safety Study of Ornithine Phenylacetate to Treat Patients With Acute Liver Failure/Severe Acute Liver Injury

PHASE2CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

47

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

June 30, 2012

Primary Completion Date

February 23, 2017

Study Completion Date

February 23, 2017

Conditions
Acute Liver FailureAcute Liver Injury
Interventions
DRUG

Ornithine Phenylacetate

"Up to 36 patients will be enrolled into 2 groups \[\~18 with minimal renal dysfunction (Cohort 1) \& \~18 w/ comprised renal function (Cohort 2)\] and receive OCR-002 infusion for at least 72 hrs. OCR-002 will be administered in the vein and pharmacokinetics (pk) assessed for all subjects who receive the infusion.~The first 24 enrolled subjects received OCR-002 at 3 ascending dose levels (DLs 1-3) with a maximum target infusion rate equivalent to 10g/24h.~The remaining 12 patients (\~6 Cohort 1 \& \~6 Cohort 2) will be enrolled and receive identical quantities of OCR-002 at 20g/24hr continuously for 5 days (Dose Level 4)."

Trial Locations (11)

23298

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond

29425

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston

30322

Emory University, Atlanta

43210

The Ohio State University, Columbus

48109

University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor

60611

Northwestern University, Chicago

66160

University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City

75390

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas

94107

University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco

98195

University of Washington, Seattle

06520

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven

Sponsors

Collaborators (1)

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Medical University of South Carolina

OTHER

collaborator

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

NIH

collaborator

Ocera Therapeutics

INDUSTRY

lead

William Lee

OTHER

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