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CompletedNCT03963921PANASHUpdated Oct 14, 2020

Safety and Tolerability of HepaStem in Patients With Cirrhotic and Pre-cirrhotic NASH Patients

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of HepaStem in NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis, sponsored by Cellaion SA. Completed at 13 sites in 4 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-10-14.

Sponsored by Cellaion SA · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
23
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Multicenter, open-label, safety and tolerability study of ascending doses of HepaStem in patients with cirrhotic and pre-cirrhotic non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis (NASH) to determine the safety and tolerability of ascending single and repeated doses of HepaStem administered to patients with cirrhotic and pre-cirrhotic non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis (NASH)

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Conditions studied

  • NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

Keywords

  • NASH
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In context

Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

1,617 studies on the registry are indexed under Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; 324 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 23 is below the median of 60 across 1,176 interventional studies indexed under Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

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Lead sponsor

Cellaion SA is the lead sponsor of 7 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Main Inclusion Criteria:

  • Able and willing to provide written and comply with the requirements of this study protocol
  • Age 18 to 70-years old, inclusive
  • Proven diagnosis of NASH based on histological evidence from performed within 6 months for F3 patients and within 2 years for F4 patients prior to Screening If no biopsy is available within these time windows, a biopsy should be performed at Screening NB: For F4 patients for whom the biopsy cannot confirm the diagnosis of NASH, any other causes of underlying liver diseases should be excluded

Main Exclusion Criteria:

  • Alcoholic liver disease or alcohol consumption exceeding the daily intake of 140g/w (two doses) for women and of 210g/w (three doses) for men
  • Other causes of liver disease including, but not limited to, alcoholic liver disease, active (HbsAg+), (PCR positive), disorders, drug-induced hepatotoxicity, Wilson disease, hemochromatosis, and alpha-1-antitryspin deficiency based on medical history and/ or clinical and biological assessment
  • Recent recurrent or ongoing thrombotic or bleeding events within 3 months prior the screening
  • Patients considered at persistent risk of thrombosis or bleeding at the time of screening
  • Patients with high risk of Gastro intestinal bleeding at time of the screening.
  • Cerebrovascular, myocardial, or limb arterial thrombotic event within 12 months prior to the screening and/or not considered stabilized by the investigator
  • Bariatric surgery within 1 year prior to the screening
  • Coagulation disturbances defined as (Drolz et al. 2016, Nadim et al. 2016, Stravitz et al. 2018, Green et al. 2018): fibrinogen at \< 80 mg/dL and/or at \< 40 x 10³/mm3
  • Severe hepatic encephalopathy (defined by West Haven grade > 2)
  • Acute Decompensation of cirrhosis with Chronic Liver Failure Consortium Acute Decompensation (CLIF-C AD) score > 60
  • Acute on Chronic liver failure (ACLF) grade 1, 2 ,3
  • MELD score > 20
  • score ≥ C
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Biopsy and archival tissue

A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.

Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

Autoimmune disease

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Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

Child-Pugh class

A score of how well the liver works in people with liver disease such as cirrhosis: class A is mild, B moderate and C severe.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
23 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    F4 patient population

    A total of 2 doses are planned to be administered as single or repeated infusions in an ascending manner:

    Drug: HepaStem

  • Experimental
    F3 patient population

    A total of 2 doses are planned to be administered as single or repeated infusions in an ascending manner:

    Drug: HepaStem

Interventions

  • DrugHepaStem

    Heterologous human adult liver-derived progenitor cells

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of Adverse Event

    Safety and Tolerability

    Time frame: up to Day 28

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Study locations

13 sites
  • Cliniques Universitaires St Luc
    Brussels, 1200, Belgium
  • CUB Erasme
    Brussel, 1070, Belgium
  • University Hospital Antwerp (UZA)
    Edegem, 2650, Belgium
  • UZ Gent
    Gent, 9000, Belgium
  • University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment "Tsaritsa Yoana - ISUL"
    Sofia, 1527, Bulgaria
  • Multiprofile hospital for active treatment (MHAT) Sofia Military Medical Academy
    Sofia, 1606, Bulgaria
  • Trakia Park Hospital
    Stara Zagora, 6004, Bulgaria
  • CHU Bordeaux
    Bordeaux, 33604, France
  • Paul Brousse Hospital
    Villejuif, 94804, France
  • Vall d'Hebron
    Barcelona, 08035, Spain
  • Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
    Barcelona, 08041, Spain
  • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon
    Madrid, 28007, Spain
  • Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
    Madrid, 28034, Spain
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 14, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03963921
Lead sponsor
Cellaion SA
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 28, 2019
Start date
Apr 9, 2019
Primary completion
May 28, 2020
Completion
Aug 31, 2020
Last update
Oct 14, 2020

Study contacts

Etienne SOKAL, MD, PhD
study chair · CSMO

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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