Bridging a patient with acute liver failure to liver transplantation by the AMC-bioartificial liver

Maarten Paul Van de Kerkhove; Ernesto Di Florio; Vincenzo Scuderi; Antonio Mancini; Antonello Belli; Adele Bracco; Daniela Scala; Simona Scala; Laura Zeuli; Giuseppe Di Nicuolo; Pietro Amoroso; Fulvio Calise; Robert A F M Chamuleau

Bridging a patient with acute liver failure to liver transplantation by the AMC-bioartificial liver

Maarten Paul Van de Kerkhove, Ernesto Di Florio, Vincenzo Scuderi, Antonio Mancini, Antonello Belli, Adele Bracco, Daniela Scala, Simona Scala, Laura Zeuli, Giuseppe Di Nicuolo, Pietro Amoroso, Fulvio Calise, Robert A F M Chamuleau

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Abstract

Recently a phase I clinical trial has been started in Italy to bridge patients with acute liver failure (ALF) to orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) by the AMC-bioartificial liver (AMC-BAL). The AMC-BAL is charged with 10 × 10⁹ viable primary porcine hepatocytes isolated from a specified pathogen-free (SPF) pig. Here we report a patient with ALF due to acute HBV infection. This patient was treated for 35 h by two AMC-BAL treatments and was bridged to OLT. There was improvement of biochemical and clinical parameters during the treatment. No severe adverse events were observed during treatment and follow-up of 15 months after hospital discharge. Possible porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) activity could not be detected in the patient's blood or blood cells up to 12 months after treatment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	563-568
Number of pages	6
Journal	Cell Transplantation
Volume	12
Issue number	6
Publication status	Published - 2003

Keywords

Acute liver failure
Bioartificial liver
Clinical trial
Hepatocyte
Human
Porcine
Transplantation

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Cell Biology
Transplantation

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Bridging a patient with acute liver failure to liver transplantation by the AMC-bioartificial liver. / Van de Kerkhove, Maarten Paul; Di Florio, Ernesto; Scuderi, Vincenzo; Mancini, Antonio; Belli, Antonello; Bracco, Adele; Scala, Daniela; Scala, Simona; Zeuli, Laura; Di Nicuolo, Giuseppe; Amoroso, Pietro; Calise, Fulvio; Chamuleau, Robert A F M.

In: Cell Transplantation, Vol. 12, No. 6, 2003, p. 563-568.

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Van de Kerkhove, Maarten Paul ; Di Florio, Ernesto ; Scuderi, Vincenzo ; Mancini, Antonio ; Belli, Antonello ; Bracco, Adele ; Scala, Daniela ; Scala, Simona ; Zeuli, Laura ; Di Nicuolo, Giuseppe ; Amoroso, Pietro ; Calise, Fulvio ; Chamuleau, Robert A F M. / Bridging a patient with acute liver failure to liver transplantation by the AMC-bioartificial liver. In: Cell Transplantation. 2003 ; Vol. 12, No. 6. pp. 563-568.

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