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Withdrawn Phase 2 Interventional

Safety and Efficacy of the Extracorporeal Liver Assist Device (ELAD®) In Patients With Fulminant Hepatic Failure (FHF)

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00832728

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Brief summary

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This is a multicenter, open-label, randomized, concurrent control study of subjects with FHF. Subjects meeting the eligibility requirements of the study will be randomly assigned in a 2:1 ratio to receive either standard medical therapy for FHF plus the ELAD® system, or standard medical therapy alone, with the latter defined as conventional therapy for FHF determined to be clinically appropriate by the treating physician.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00832728
Recruitment status
Withdrawn
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Lead sponsor
Vital Therapies, Inc.
Industry
Enrollment
Not listed

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Other · Device

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
10 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Feb 28, 2009
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2011
Completion
Aug 31, 2011
Last update posted
Jul 24, 2012

2009 – 2011

United States locations

U.S. sites
12
U.S. states
7
U.S. cities
10
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Scripps Green Hospital La Jolla California 92037
Cedars Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles California 90048
California Pacific Medical Center San Francisco California 94115
Loyola University Medical Center Chicago Illinois 60153
University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago Illinois 60637
Indiana University Indianapolis Indiana 46202
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport Shreveport Louisiana 71103
New York University Medical Center New York New York 10016
University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Rochester New York 14642
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104
Temple University Hospital Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19140
University of Virginia Charlottesville Virginia 22908

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