Hani Shamseddeen1, Eduardo Vilar-Gomez1, Naga Chalasani1, Robert P Myers2, G Mani Subramanian2, Harold H Shlevin3, Adam E Allgood3, Eric S Orman4. 1. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 702 Rotary Circle, Suite 225, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA. 2. Gilead Sciences, Inc, Foster City, CA, USA. 3. Galectin Therapeutics, Inc, Norcross, GA, USA. 4. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 702 Rotary Circle, Suite 225, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA. esorman@iu.edu.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION:Patients with cirrhosis may have spontaneous fluctuations in liver enzymes, which may confound detection of drug-induced liver injury (DILI), but these fluctuations have not been described. OBJECTIVE: We sought to quantify spontaneous liver enzyme abnormalities in patients with cirrhosis due to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) enrolled in clinical trials. METHODS: We examined the laboratory values of patients with compensated cirrhosis randomized toplacebo in two clinical trials for NASH. Patients in one study were followed every 13 weeks up to week 57; patients in the other study were followed every 4 weeks up to week 120. RESULTS:In total, 53 and 85 patients were randomized to placebo in the trials. Baseline alanine aminotransferase (ALT) was greater than the laboratory upper limit of normal (ULN) in 53% and 49% of participants, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) was > ULN in 49% and 59%, alkaline phosphatase was > ULN in 36% and 27%, and bilirubin was >ULN in 13% and 19%. During follow-up, ALT increased to 2× baseline in 8% and 15%, AST increased to 2× baseline in 6% and 21%, and bilirubin increased to 2× baseline in 9% and 18%. Alkaline phosphatase did not increase to 2× baseline for any patient. The maximum ALT was 3× ULN in 9% and 12%. ALT increased to 3× baseline in three patients and to 5× ULN in two patients. No patients had elevations consistent with Hy's law. The maximum ALT for patients with abnormal baseline values was higher [median 48 U/L (range 34-299) and 56 U/L (47-85)] than for those with normal baseline values [median 26.5 U/L (range 18-33) and 29 U/L (25.5-30.5)] in both studies, respectively, with p < 0.001. CONCLUSION: Spontaneous liver enzyme abnormalities are common in patients with NASH cirrhosis in clinical trials, and these abnormalities rarely met criteria for DILI suspicion. Further work to better define these abnormalities and continued vigilance to detect DILI in this population is needed.
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INTRODUCTION:Patients with cirrhosis may have spontaneous fluctuations in liver enzymes, which may confound detection of drug-induced liver injury (DILI), but these fluctuations have not been described. OBJECTIVE: We sought to quantify spontaneous liver enzyme abnormalities in patients with cirrhosis due to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) enrolled in clinical trials. METHODS: We examined the laboratory values of patients with compensated cirrhosis randomized to placebo in two clinical trials for NASH. Patients in one study were followed every 13 weeks up to week 57; patients in the other study were followed every 4 weeks up to week 120. RESULTS: In total, 53 and 85 patients were randomized to placebo in the trials. Baseline alanine aminotransferase (ALT) was greater than the laboratory upper limit of normal (ULN) in 53% and 49% of participants, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) was > ULN in 49% and 59%, alkaline phosphatase was > ULN in 36% and 27%, and bilirubin was >ULN in 13% and 19%. During follow-up, ALT increased to 2× baseline in 8% and 15%, AST increased to 2× baseline in 6% and 21%, and bilirubin increased to 2× baseline in 9% and 18%. Alkaline phosphatase did not increase to 2× baseline for any patient. The maximum ALT was 3× ULN in 9% and 12%. ALT increased to 3× baseline in three patients and to 5× ULN in two patients. No patients had elevations consistent with Hy's law. The maximum ALT for patients with abnormal baseline values was higher [median 48 U/L (range 34-299) and 56 U/L (47-85)] than for those with normal baseline values [median 26.5 U/L (range 18-33) and 29 U/L (25.5-30.5)] in both studies, respectively, with p < 0.001. CONCLUSION:Spontaneous liver enzyme abnormalities are common in patients with NASHcirrhosis in clinical trials, and these abnormalities rarely met criteria for DILI suspicion. Further work to better define these abnormalities and continued vigilance to detect DILI in this population is needed.
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