Abstract
In 2013, cirrhosis was responsible for 1.2 million deaths worldwide. This mortality is due to cirrhosis decompensation, defined as development of ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, and/or gastrointestinal hemorrhage, and its progression to acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF). Patients with decompensated cirrhosis receive many treatments such as intravenous and oral absorbable antibiotics, oral non-absorbable antibiotics, albumin, proton-pump inhibitors, laxatives, diuretics, betablockers, vasoconstrictors, statins, anticoagulants, steroids and antiviral agents, but also invasive therapies like portosystemic shunting, artificial organ support and total plasma-exchange. Despite these multiple treatments, short term mortality of patients with decompensation of cirrhosis remains high (11% at day 28) because of large interindividual variability in precipitating events, in clinical presentation and in response to treatment. This clinical heterogeneity calls for treatment personalization according to underlying molecular mechanisms. The overall objective of the DECISION project is to enhance our systems level understanding of the pathophysiology of cirrhosis decompensation to highlight new combinations of therapies to eventually decrease patients’ mortality at 28 days. First, this project will improve our understanding of the pathophysiology of cirrhosis decompensation by integrating detailed clinical data with multi-omic profiling data. This project will take advantage of the prospective cohorts established by the EFClif including over 3300 patients with 4.350 available blood samples. Second, the combinations of therapies identified will be tested in murine models of decompensation of cirrhosis leading to ACLF to prevent occurrence of this syndrome and mortality. Third, the most promising combination of therapies will be tested in a clinical trial including patients with decompensation of cirrhosis, using ACLF or death at day 28 as the primary endpoint.
Project details
Unibo Team Leader: Paolo Caraceni
Unibo involved Department/s:
Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche
Coordinator:
Ef Clif - EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR THE STUDY OF CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE(Spain)
Other Participants:
Fundacio De Recerca Clinic Barcelona-Institut D Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer
(Spain)
Institut Catala De La Salut
(Spain)
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - Università di Bologna
(Italy)
Servicio Madrileǹo De Salud
(Spain)
Cea-Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
(France)
Assistance Publique - Hopitaux De Paris
(France)
Easl European Association For The Study Of The Liver
(Switzerland)
Ucl University College London
(United Kingdom)
Inserm
(France)
Johann Wolfgang Goethe - Universitaet Frankfurt Am Main
(Germany)
Universitaetsklinikum Aachen
(Germany)
Università degli Studi di PADOVA
(Italy)
Yh Youhealth Ab
(Sweden)
Erasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam
(Netherlands)
European Liver Patients Association
(Belgium)
Università degli Studi di TORINO
(Italy)
Concentris Research Management GmbH
(Germany)
Navarrabiomed-Fundacion Miguel Servet
(Spain)
Nordic Bioscience A/S
(Denmark)
Universitat De Barcellona
(Spain)
Total Eu Contribution: Euro (EUR) 6.000.007,13
Project Duration in months: 66
Start Date:
01/04/2020
End Date:
30/09/2025
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This project contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 847949