New Lab-Grown albumin could ease fluid swelling in liver patients
NCT ID NCT05249374
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-phase trial tested a lab-made version of human serum albumin (r-HSA) in 36 people with cirrhosis and ascites (fluid buildup in the belly). The goal was to check safety, how the body processes the drug, and whether it might help. Participants received one of three doses of r-HSA or standard albumin. Results will show if this new option is safe enough to study further.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Recombinant human serum albumin (r-HSA)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a safer or more reliable alternative to standard albumin for managing fluid buildup in cirrhosis patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase 1 trial with only 36 participants, so safety and effectiveness are not yet proven. The drug may not work better than existing treatments or could have unexpected side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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36 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2021
- Finished
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May 2022
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Agree to follow the experimental treatment plan and visit plan, voluntarily enroll in the group, and sign the informed consent in person; 2. Age ≥18 years old and \<65 years old on the day of signing the informed consent, no gender limitation; Body mass index (BMI) ranged from 18.0 kg/m2 to 29.0 kg/m2 (including boundary values); 3. Patients clinically diagnosed as decompensated cirrhotic ascites with ascites grade 1-2 and serum albumin (ALB) \<30 g/L confirmed by abdominal ultrasonography during screening period; 4. Men and women of child-bearing age with fertility (childbearing age women including premenopausal women and 2 years after menopause women) from willing to sign a consent form began to experiment with drugs within 3 months after the last delivery effective precautions (take a condom, contraceptive sponge, contraceptive gel, diaphragm, intrauterine device, oral or injectable contraceptives, subcutaneous preparetions Agent, etc.); Women of reproductive age must have a negative pregnancy test no later than 7 days before the first investigational drug is administered. Exclusion Criteria: Patients who meet any of the following criteria are not eligible for inclusion: 1. Patients with malignant ascites; 2. People who have a known history of allergy/allergic reaction to yeast or yeast-derived products or are allergic to any component of the study product; Patients with an allergic constitution (multiple drug or food allergy), a history of allergic to biological products, or a history of severe systemic allergic reaction caused by other reasons, and the investigator judges that they are not suitable for treatment with experimental drugs; 3. The patient has the following abnormal laboratory tests: Bone marrow function: absolute value of neutrophils (ANC) \<1.0×109/L (1000/mm3); Platelet (PLT) \<20×109/L (2×104/mm3); Hemoglobin (HGB) \<7.0 g/dL;Liver function: alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \> 5×ULN (upper normal value); Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \> 5×ULN; Serum bilirubin (T-Bil) \>3× upper normal value (ULN);Renal function: serum creatinine \>2× upper normal value (ULN); Positive urine protein and ineligible to participate in the test judged by the investigator; coagulation function: prothrombin activity \<40%; 4. Active cardiovascular disease or history at the time of screening, or other conditions that the investigator determined were not suitable for human serum albumin therapy, including but not limited to hypertension (systolic blood pressure \>140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure \>90 mmHg), Researchers determine drug control is good and stable condition except), severe anemia, heart disease, acute severe lung or structural heart disease, severe arrhythmia, normal blood volume (or high blood volume) of decompensated heart failure, unstable angina, nearly six months prior to screening the myocardial infarction, require drug treatment of tachycardia/slow, three degree atrioventricular block, etc.; 5. At the time of screening, there was a history of active metabolic system disease or other renal injury that the investigator determined was unsuitable for serum albumin treatment, including but not limited to renal/postrenal anuria, hepatorenal syndrome (HRS), chronic kidney disease, hepatitis B related nephropathy, etc.; 6. Patients with the following active concurrent diseases during screening, including but not limited to, Pulmonary edema, bleeding tendency, or active bleeding disease, sustained or active infection (including active spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP)), according to West - Haven classification standard diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy grade III or IV level, portal venous tumor emboli/blood clots, circulation dysfunction after abdominal puncture, ultrasound and other imaging examination of biliary obstructive disease Disease, thyroid dysfunction (grade 3 and above according to NCI CTCAE version 5.0); 7. Patients with previous history of upper gastrointestinal bleeding within 1 month or gastrointestinal bleeding within 3 months (≥2 times) or high risk of bleeding during the study as assessed by the investigator; 8. Patients with active malignancies (including hepatocellular carcinoma \[HCC\]) at the time of screening, or with a history of malignant tumors within 5 years (except cancer in situ, non-melanoma skin cancer, localized prostate cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ and other very low-risk malignancies of cervical or breast cancer undergoing curative treatment); 9. Those who have received corticosteroids or human plasma preparations (including human serum albumin preparations) within 20 days prior to the first administration of the investigational drug; Those with a history of organ transplantation; Those requiring or planning to undergo invasive tests or treatment during the study period; 10. Participating in or participating in clinical trials of other new drugs or medical devices and using investigational drugs/investigational treatments within 30 days prior to screening; Prior participation in clinical trials of recombinant human serum albumin; 11. HIV antibody test positive, or syphilis (defined as positive syphilis antibody test and positive retin test); 12. Pregnant or lactating women; 13. Other reasons that the researcher considers inappropriate to participate in this study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hebei Petro China Central Hospital
Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050000, China
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Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100000, China
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Pingxiang People's Hospital
Pingxiang, Jiangxi, 337000, China
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Shenzhen Protgen Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen, Guangdong, 100084, China
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Shenzhen Third People's Hospital
Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518000, China
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The First Hospital of Changsha
Changsha, Hunan, 410005, China
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Yichun People's Hospital
Yichun, Jiangxi, 336000, China
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Yiyang Central Hospital
Yiyang, Hunan, 413000, China
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