Can vitamin c save kidneys in liver failure patients?
NCT ID NCT07184866
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether giving vitamin C through a vein can help very sick patients with liver failure and severe infections recover from kidney injury. About 110 patients will get either standard care alone or standard care plus vitamin C. The goal is to see if vitamin C helps them get off blood pressure medicine faster and improves kidney function.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 110 people
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- Expected to start
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Apr 2026
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- Expected to finish
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Oct 2027
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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18 years and older
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * ACLF as per asia pacific association for the study of liver (APASL criteria) with AKI according to KDIGO Criteria and septic shock. Exclusion Criteria: * • Refractory Septic shock with more than 3 organ failures. * Patients with age less than 18 years * Known severe cardiopulmonary disease (structural or valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease, COPD) * Patients in DIC with platelets \< 20,000 and INR \> 4 or active bleeding * Limitations of care (defined as refusal of cardiovascular and respiratory support modes) including "do not intubate" (DNI) status * Current hospitalization \> 15 days for patients with nosocomial acquisition of MDR at time of randomization * Known allergy or contraindication to vitamin C (including previously or currently diagnosed primary hyperoxaluria and/or oxalate nephropathy, or known/suspected ethylene glycol ingestion, * Known glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency) * Use of vitamin C at a dose of \> 1 gram daily within the 24 hours preceding first episode of qualifying organ dysfunction during a given ED or ICU admission * Patients with HCC (beyond Milan) or extrahepatic malignancies * Patients with HVOTO or EHPVO * Pregnancy or active breastfeeding * Current participation in another interventional research study * Active or history of kidney stones * History of chronic kidney disease or intrinsic kidney disease * Patients already on maintenance hemodialysis prior to presentation * Failure to provide informed consent * Patients with retroviral infection * Patients with active hemolysis due to alcohol or other causes or with hemoglobin below 7 gm/dl
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