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Status unknownNCT04816240Updated Jun 15, 2021

Evaluation of Albumin and Midodrine Versus Albumin Alone in Outcome of Refractory Ascites in Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis.

An interventional study of Midodrine and Albumin in Liver Cirrhosis, sponsored by Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India. Status unknown at 1 site in India. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-06-15.

Sponsored by Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Mar 2021), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
200
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The project is about evaluation of albumin and midodrine versus albumin alone in outcome of refractory ascites in patients with decompensated cirrhosis.

Cirrhosis is a leading cause of disability and mortality worldwide. Cirrhosis occurs in 50% of patients over 10 years. Decompensated cirrhosis carries a poor prognosis because the median survival time is about 2 years and it imposes a heavy burden on health care costs mainly due to the need for repeated hospital admission. The mortality is approximately 40% at 1 year and 50% at 2 years (12.7 per 100,000 population). A lot of times the prognosis is poor and the main factors leading to it are - AKI/HRS-NAKI, Hyponatremia, Grade of ascites-Refractory ascites, Sarcopenia, low Mean arterial pressure.

Post review of the literature, it is realized that there are some gap areas -

  • It is unknown whether combination of vasoconstrictor with albumin further decreases the need for paracentesis in patients of refractory ascites.
  • There are no studies till date on using combination of vasoconstrictor with albumin for refractory ascites.
  • There are no studies evaluating the prevalence and incidence of HRS-NAKI using the new definitions in patients with refractory ascites and impact of combining vasoconstrictor and albumin in improving renal outcomes in these patients.
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Study population All patients with decompensated cirrhosis with refractory ascites who get admitted under the Department of Hepatology at Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, who fulfilthe inclusion criteria, exclusion criteria and provide informed consent

  • Study design Single Centre Placebo Controlled an open level Randomised Controlled Trial
  • Study period 1 year from ethics approval.
  • Sample size Assuming that survival rate with albumin and midodrine is 80%, whereas with albumin alone is 60% ( ie. 20% absolute difference is observed with alpha of 5% power so we need to enroll 170 cases allotted in 2 groups further taking 10% as dropout rate. It was decided to enroll 200 cases allotted in 2 groups randomly by block randomization method taking block size as 10
  • Intervention Group A will be treated with SMT + Albumin + Midodrine (5mg thrice daily and will be increased every 3 days upto 15 mg thrice daily with target MAP (>75 mm and \<90) and Group B with SMT + Albumin: 80grams/week for 2 weeks followed by 40gram/week + Placebo

Stopping ruleAdverse reaction to Albumin

  • Cardiopulmonary compromise
  • Allergic reaction
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Conditions studied

  • Liver Cirrhosis
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In context

Liver Cirrhosis

1,642 studies on the registry are indexed under Liver Cirrhosis; 358 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 200 is above the median of 72 across 995 interventional studies indexed under Liver Cirrhosis.

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Lead sponsor

Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India is the lead sponsor of 296 studies on the registry; 84 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

Inclusion criteria

  • Cirrhosis with refractory ascites

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Recent Gastrointestinal bleeding within 7 days
  • Systemic arterial hypertension (>160/90mmhg)
  • Presence of hepatocellular carcinoma or portal vein thrombosis, Budd-chiari syndrome.
  • Pregnancy
  • No use of drugs affecting systemic hemodynamics 7 days prior to enrolment
  • Patients with Cardiovascular disease (NYHA > II) or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • Refusal to participate
  • Known or suspected hypersensitivity to albumin
  • Prior TIPS
  • Post liver or kidney transplantation
  • Patients enrolled in other clinical trials
  • Extrahepatic malignancy
  • Patients on cardiac glycosides like digoxin, phenylephrine, ephedrine, thyroid hormones, ergot derivatives, salt retaining steroids like fludrocortisone, MAO inhibitors, alpha blockers metformin and ranitidine (known to have interactions with midodrine)
  • Patients with intrinsic kidney disease, organ nephropathy and CKD stage 4 and
  • MELD > 30 and extremely moribend patient
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
200 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Midodrine + Albumin +Standard Medical Treatment

    SMT + Albumin + Midodrine (5mg thrice daily and will be increased every 3 days upto 15 mg thrice daily with target MAP (\>75 mm and \<90).

    Drug: Midodrine · Biological: Albumin · Other: Standard Medical Treatment

  • Active comparator
    Albumin + Standard Medical Treatment+ Placebo

    80grams/week for 2 weeks followed by 40gram/week + Placebo

    Biological: Albumin · Other: Standard Medical Treatment · Other: Placebo

Interventions

  • DrugMidodrine

    5mg thrice daily and will be increased every 3 days upto 15 mg thrice daily with target MAP (\>75 mm and \<90)

  • BiologicalAlbumin

    80grams/week for 2 weeks followed by 40gram/week

  • OtherStandard Medical Treatment

    Standard Medical Treatment

  • OtherPlacebo

    Placebo

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Survival free of transplant and TIPS

    Time frame: 6 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Cumulative incidence of liver-related complications

    Time frame: 3 months

  2. Cumulative incidence of liver-related complications

    Time frame: 6 months

  3. Cumulative incidence of liver-related complications

    Time frame: 12 months

  4. Survival free of liver transplant in both groups

    Time frame: 1 year

  5. Survival free of TIPS in both groups

    Time frame: 1 year

  6. Incidence of HRS-AKD, in both groups at 1 year

    Time frame: 1 year

  7. Incidence of HRS-CKD in both groups at 1 year

    Time frame: 1 year

  8. Incidence of HRS AKI in both groups at 1 year

    Time frame: 1 year

  9. Cumulative frequency of large volume paracentesis

    Time frame: 3 months

  10. Cumulative frequency of large volume paracentesis

    Time frame: 6 months

  11. Cumulative frequency of large volume paracentesis

    Time frame: 12 months

  12. Improvement in fraility

    AS PER MAYO FRAITITY INDEX , FRAITILY IS CLASSIFIED AS PRE FRAIL, FRAIL AND ROBUST.

    Time frame: 3 months

  13. Improvement in fraility

    AS PER MAYO FRAITITY INDEX , FRAITILY IS CLASSIFIED AS PRE FRAIL, FRAIL AND ROBUST.

    Time frame: 6 months

  14. Improvement in fraility

    AS PER MAYO FRAITITY INDEX , FRAITILY IS CLASSIFIED AS PRE FRAIL, FRAIL AND ROBUST.

    Time frame: 12 months

  15. Survival free of TIPS

    Time frame: 6 months

  16. Survival free of transplant at 6 months

    Time frame: 6 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences
    New Delhi, Delhi 110070, India
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 15, 2021, 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
NCT04816240
Lead sponsor
Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 25, 2021
Start date
May 15, 2021
Primary completion
Mar 19, 2022 (estimated)
Completion
Mar 19, 2022 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 15, 2021

Study contacts

Dr Priti Gupta, MD
Contact
priti7vns@gmail.com
01146300000

Oversight

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