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CompletedNCT04100447Updated Dec 4, 2020

A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of LB1148 for Subjects Undergoing Elective Bowel Resection

A Phase 1 interventional study of Tranexamic Acid in Adhesions and Ileus, sponsored by Ronald Hurst, MD, FACS. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 85 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-12-04.

Sponsored by Ronald Hurst, MD, FACS · Phase 1, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Mar 2020, 6 years 6 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
  • Registered 9 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Nov 2018, registered Aug 2019).
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
11
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 85 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of LB1148 in subjects undergoing elective bowel resection. During abdominal surgery, surgeons handle, manipulate, and often make incisions in the bowel. These actions can create bruising, lesions, and microscopic damage to the bowel, which may allow digestive enzymes to cross the intestinal mucosal barrier potentially resulting in injury both locally and remotely. Leaking digestive enzymes may delay return of normal gastrointestinal (GI) function, lead to a lack of motility in the intestine (ileus), and promote the formation of intestinal scar tissue (adhesions).

Read the detailed description

The intestinal mucosal barrier plays a key role in both acute critical care medical conditions as well as burdensome chronic diseases. Healthy maintenance of the intestinal mucosal barrier requires oxygenation and blood flow and avoidance of mechanical or physical injury. Potent digestive enzymes are maintained within the intestine as long as normal blood flow continues and no damage or disturbances to the wall occur.

Breakdown of the intestinal mucosal barrier can be produced by wide variety of events. These include prolonged low blood pressure (e.g. during shock), disruption of blood flow (e.g. during ischemia), and physical and mechanical perturbations (e.g. during trauma or abdominal surgery).

One of the key advances toward the use of LB1148 to reduce postoperative complications was the learning that with more subtle perturbations of the mucosal barriers, such as during abdominal surgery, intraluminal pancreatic digestive enzymes played a role in GI dysfunction. Perioperative oral administration of LB1148 in preclinical models was sufficient to reduce the delayed return of GI function. Furthermore, the reduction in pancreatic digestive enzyme-induced tissue damage resulted in a profound reduction in postoperative adhesion formation. Together, these preclinical studies provide evidence that blocking pancreatic digestive enzymes with LB1148 in the intestine reduces local tissue damage, preserves GI function, and reduces adhesion formation.

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Conditions studied

  • Adhesions
  • Ileus

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Keywords

  • post-operative
  • abdominal
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In context

Tissue Adhesions

241 studies on the registry are indexed under Tissue Adhesions; 29 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 11 is below the median of 60 across 184 interventional studies indexed under Tissue Adhesions.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Ronald Hurst, MD, FACS as lead sponsor.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 85 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Subjects will be eligible for participation in the study only if they meet ALL of the following inclusion criteria:

    1. Scheduled to undergo an elective (non-emergent) bowel resection. This includes any subject in which a resection of the small intestine, colon, or rectum is performed for any elected indication.
    2. The subject has been informed of the nature of the study, agrees to its provisions, and has provided written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects will not be eligible for participation in the study if they meet ANY of the following exclusion criteria:

    1. Subjects who are \< 18 or > 85 years of age.
    2. Subjects who require emergency bowel surgery.
    3. Subjects who have had 2 or more abdominal surgeries, excluding the current, for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including, but not limited to, IBD, Crohn's Disease, or ulcerative colitis. Note: This does not apply to previous surgeries such as hernia repair unrelated to IBD.
    4. Subjects who meet the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) definition for Class 4 or 5 disease.
    5. Known inability to take the study drug orally (i.e. complete small bowel obstruction).
    6. Subjects with contraindications or potential risk factors to taking TXA. These include:

      1. Known sensitivity to TXA
      2. Recent craniotomy (past 30 days)
      3. Active cerebrovascular bleed
      4. Active thromboembolic disease (such as deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, cerebral thrombosis, ischemic stroke, or acute coronary syndrome)
      5. Acute promyelocytic leukemia taking all-trans retinoic acid for remission induction
      6. Continuing use of a combined hormonal contraceptive and/or combined hormonal replacement therapy (including combined hormonal pill, patch, or vaginal ring).
    7. Subjects who have the following risk factors for thromboembolic disease:

      1. Known medical history of congenital or acquired thrombophilia such as, but not limited to:

        • Sickle cell disease
        • Nephrotic syndrome
        • Factor V Leiden
        • Prothrombin gene mutation
        • Protein C or S deficiency
        • Antithrombin III deficiency
        • Antiphospholipid syndrome
      2. Neurologic paresis, partial paralysis, or paralysis
      3. Presence of a pacemaker
      4. History of pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, cerebrovascular accident, or retinal venous/arterial occlusion.
    8. History of or current seizure disorder.
    9. Subjects with myeloproliferative disorders.
    10. Subjects with a Body Mass Index (BMI) > 40.
    11. Any other condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would preclude the subject from being an appropriate candidate for the study, including severe renal or hepatic impairment.
    12. Planned treatment with alvimopan (Entereg®) during study participation period.
    13. Subjects who have received any other investigational therapy within 4 weeks.
    14. Subjects with a history of chronic opioid usage, defined by the American Pain Society as daily or near-daily use of opioids for at least 90 days.
    15. Female subjects of childbearing potential with a positive urine or serum pregnancy test or who are not taking (or not willing to take) acceptable birth control measures (abstinence, intrauterine device, contraceptive implant or barrier method) through Study Day 30. Additionally, those women who are lactating and insist on breast feeding within 5 days of the last dose of study drug, are excluded.
    16. Subjects with a known history of radiation enteritis.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
11 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Treatment Arm

    All subjects will receive 1 dose of study drug (split into 2 administrations), over the 12 hours prior to surgery.

    Drug: Tranexamic Acid

Interventions

  • DrugTranexamic Acid

    A total of 700 mL of study drug should be completely consumed orally 2-12 hours prior to surgery as a split dose; 350 mL 6-12 hours prior to surgery and the remaining 350 mL 2-6 hours prior to surgery.

    Also known as: LB1148

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The number of participants who experience treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs)

    The number of participants who experience treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) with Investigator-specified relationship to LB1148 and assessment of severity

    Time frame: From first study drug dosing through Day 30

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of participants who require a nasogastric (NG) tube placement

    Necessity for nasogastric (NG) tube placement

    Time frame: During hospitalization (up to 14 days postoperatively), yes or no

  2. Average length of time an NG tube was in place, if required

    Time NG tube was in place, if needed

    Time frame: During hospitalization (up to 14 days postoperatively), in hours

  3. Number of participants who experience post surgical vomiting

    Presence of postsurgical vomiting

    Time frame: During hospitalization (from surgical closure to up to 14 days postoperatively), yes or no

  4. Average number of vomiting episodes, when present

    Number of vomiting episode(s)

    Time frame: During hospitalization (from surgical closure to up to 14 days postoperatively), number of total episodes

  5. Average time to first flatus following surgery

    Time to first flatus

    Time frame: During hospitalization (from surgical closure to up to 14 days postoperatively), in hours

  6. Average time to first bowel movement following surgery

    Time to first bowel movement

    Time frame: During hospitalization (from surgical closure to up to 14 days postoperatively), in hours

  7. Average time to tolerate a liquid diet following surgery

    Time to toleration of a liquid diet

    Time frame: During hospitalization (from surgical closure to up to 14 days postoperatively), in hours

  8. Average time to tolerate a solid diet after surgery

    Time to toleration of a solid diet

    Time frame: During hospitalization (from surgical closure to up to 14 days postoperatively), in hours

  9. Average time to hospital discharge order

    Time to hospital discharge order written

    Time frame: During hospitalization (from admission to up to 14 days postoperatively), in hours

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Study locations

1 site
  • Centinela Hospital Medical Center
    Inglewood, California 90301, United States
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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 Dec 4, 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
NCT04100447
Lead sponsor
Ronald Hurst, MD, FACS
Responsible party
Ronald Hurst, MD, FACS (Principal Investigator, Centinela Hospital Medical Center) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Sep 24, 2019
Start date
Nov 5, 2018
Primary completion
Mar 20, 2020
Completion
Dec 1, 2020
Last update
Dec 4, 2020

Study contacts

Ronald Hurst, MD
principal investigator · Centinela Hospital Medical Center

Oversight

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