NCT03422913

Brief Summary

Hepatectomy is the preferred method for the treatment of liver tumors. Since the liver is a double blood supply organ, massive hemorrhage during hepatectomy may lead to hemodynamic instability, prolonged portal vein occlusion and increased ischemia-reperfusion injury. In addition, bleeding during hepatectomy, intraoperative and postoperative blood transfusion are the main causes of postoperative morbidity and mortality. Therefore, bleeding control during liver resection is a critical technique. Based on the fact that liver is more tolerant to warm ischemia and hypoxia, a variety of techniques have been widely used for hepatic blood flow occlusion. With the prevalence of laparoscopy, more patients received laparoscopic resection of liver cancer. Bleeding has become a major constraint, so how to reduce the bleeding and preserve liver function has always been surgeons' concern.As conventional hepatic portal blood flow blocking technology is more mature, the risk of bleeding during laparoscopic liver resection mainly comes from hepatic veins in the process of hepatic parenchymal isolation. Although Ultrasound scalpel and Ligasure have been widely accepted in the treatment of laparoscopic hepatectomy, due to the thin hepatic vein and the high intraluminal pressure, it is also difficult to control the bleeding during surgery. How to prevent hepatic venous hemorrhage has become the key to reduce the bleeding . As sinusoidal pressure is affected by intrahepatic pressure, which is directly related to central venous pressure (CVP), reducing CVP can reduce the pressure in the hepatic veins and sinusoids hence reducing bleeding when the hepatic parenchyma is severed. That is the rationale of controlled low central venous pressure CLCVP) to reduce the risk of hepatectomy, which have been used maturely in open hepatectomy. Due to the low risk of hepatic and renal insufficiency and gas embolism in liver surgery, there is a potential risk of laparoscopic pneumoperitoneum and the risk of laparoscopic pneumoperitoneum is further increased. Therefore, how to implement CLCVP in laparoscopic surgery to reduce the risk of bleeding, also avoiding complications such as bleeding gas embolism, is a clinical problem to be solved, is rarely reported. A prospective randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be performed for laparoscopic hepatectomy in patients combine intraoperative combined hilar intermittent (Pringle method) with or without CLCVP to reduce the bleeding. This study was to investigate the safety and efficacy of CLCVP in combination with intermittent Pringle.

Trial Health

43
At Risk

Trial Health Score

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Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
140

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Jul 2017

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
unknown

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

July 1, 2017

Completed
6 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

January 10, 2018

Completed
27 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

February 6, 2018

Completed
5 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

June 30, 2018

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

June 30, 2018

Completed
Last Updated

February 6, 2018

Status Verified

January 1, 2018

Enrollment Period

12 months

First QC Date

January 10, 2018

Last Update Submit

January 30, 2018

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Intraoperative blood loss

    Blood loss in the two treatment groups were compared.

    During surgery procedure

Secondary Outcomes (2)

  • Safety

    During surgery procedure

  • Liver function recovery

    within 5 days after surgery

Study Arms (2)

CLCVP Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Controlled low central venous pressure(CLCVP) will be performed combined with intraoperative combined hilar intermittent (Pringle method)

Procedure: controlled low central venous pressure

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

Only intraoperative combined hilar intermittent (Pringle method) will be performed

Interventions

Anesthesiologists will control the amount of fluid input and the use of composite intravenous anesthesia to make CVP at 0\~5cm H2O, if CVP is still \>5cm H2O, intravenous infusion of nitroglycerin will be used to reduce CVP. Maintaining arterial systolic blood pressure (SBP) \> 90 mmHg, urine output more than 1ml/kg/h, and CVP was continuously monitored. Arterial pressure, pulse oxygen saturation ( SPO2), PaCO2 and electrocardiogram (II and V5 leads) were continuously monitored by radial artery cannulation. CVP will Returned to normal level (6 \~ 12 cmH2O) after resection to observe the wound if active bleeding still exist. Intraoperative hepatic blood flow blocking intermittent Pringle block method also required during surgery, 10-15 minutes for once, and more than 5 minutes interval can be repeated.

CLCVP Group

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years - 70 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • clinical diagnosis or pathological diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma;
  • resectable non-left lobes, left and right liver lesions, and the resection range is expected to be greater than or equal to 1 liver segment, no non-cancerous thrombus; Indocyanine Green Retention Rate (ICGR) 15 minutes retention rate \<10%
  • did not receive systemic chemotherapy or other targeted drug therapy for diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) before participating in the study;
  • generally good, Karnofsky Performance Scores (KPS) ≥ 80 points;
  • Age: 18-70 years old
  • Child-Pugh A level
  • Baseline laboratory tests meet the following criteria:
  • white blood cells ≥ 3.0 × 109 / L platelets ≥ 75 × 109 / L hemoglobin ≥ 100g / L serum Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT), Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 3 x upper limit of normal (ULN) serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN International normalized ratio (INR)\<1.4, or prothrombin time \<ULN + 4 seconds albumin ≥ 30g / L Total bilirubin ≤34mmol / L

You may not qualify if:

  • patients do not agree to participate in clinical studies;
  • Any of the following had been reported in the 12 months prior to participating in the study: myocardial infarction, severe / unstable angina, coronary artery bypass surgery, congestive heart failure, cerebrovascular accident (including transient ischemic attack), Pulmonary Embolism; Ongoing: corrected QT interval prolongation (≥450 ms for males and\> 470 ms for females) according to NCI-CTCAE criteria ≥2 arrhythmias;
  • There are other serious acute and chronic physical or mental illnesses or laboratory abnormalities that may increase the risk associated with participating in study treatment or may interfere with the interpretation of the findings or in patients deemed inappropriate by the investigator.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center

Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China

RECRUITING

Related Publications (1)

  • Pan YX, Wang JC, Lu XY, Chen JB, He W, Chen JC, Wang XH, Fu YZ, Xu L, Zhang YJ, Chen MS, Lai RC, Zhou ZG. Intention to control low central venous pressure reduced blood loss during laparoscopic hepatectomy: A double-blind randomized clinical trial. Surgery. 2020 Jun;167(6):933-941. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.02.004. Epub 2020 Mar 23.

Study Officials

  • Zhongguo Zhou

    Sun Yat-sen University

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Li Xu

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
DOUBLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
Masking Details
Both patients and surgeons are blinded, and anesthesiologist opened the envelope during the operation
Purpose
PREVENTION
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

January 10, 2018

First Posted

February 6, 2018

Study Start

July 1, 2017

Primary Completion

June 30, 2018

Study Completion

June 30, 2018

Last Updated

February 6, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-01

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