Do Seon Song, Jin Mo Yang, Young Kul Jung, Hyung Joon Yim, Hee Yeon Kim, Chang Wook Kim, Soon Sun Kim, Jae Youn Cheong, Hae Lim Lee, Sung Won Lee, Jeong-Ju Yoo, Sang Gyune Kim, Young Seok Kim
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Abstract
Introduction and objectives: The short-term mortality of severe alcoholic hepatitis (SAH) is high, but there are no effective treatments to improve short-term mortality other than corticosteroids. This study investigated the effects of adding rifaximin to standard treatment in patients with SAH.
Material and methods: In this randomized controlled open-label trial, patients with SAH (Maddrey's discriminant function≥32) were randomized to the rifaximin or control group. Patients were simultaneously treated with corticosteroid or pentoxifylline as standard treatment for 4 weeks. Randomization was stratified by SAH treatment.
Results: A total of 49 patients were enrolled in this study (29 in the control group and 20 in the rifaximin group). The mean Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) scores were 24.4 and 27.8 in the control and rifaximin groups, respectively (P = 0.083). There were no significant differences in 6-month Liver Transplantation (LT)-free survival rate between the two groups (P = 0.698). When stratified by SAH treatment, there was no significant difference in 6-month LT-free survival rate between the control and rifaximin treatment groups (P = 0.526 in the corticosteroid group and P = 0.620 in the pentoxifylline group). There were no significant differences in the occurrence of liver-related complications between the two groups (all Ps>0.05). The MELD score was the only independent factor for 6-month LT-free survival (hazard ratio 1.360, 95 % confidence interval 1.021-1.810, P = 0.035), and rifaximin was not.
Conclusions: In patients with SAH, adding rifaximin to corticosteroid or pentoxifylline had no survival benefit and no preventive effect on the development of liver-related complications. The MELD score was the only significant factor for short-term mortality.
期刊介绍:
Annals of Hepatology publishes original research on the biology and diseases of the liver in both humans and experimental models. Contributions may be submitted as regular articles. The journal also publishes concise reviews of both basic and clinical topics.