Liver Injury/Regeneration News

November is National Diabetes Month. Healio.com/Hepatology compiled a list of the most engaging research that has found a link between some form of hepatic injury, such as hepatitis B virus infection and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and diabetes.

HONOLULU — Lactulose in combination with probiotics was ineffective at improving hepatic encephalopathy severity in patients with liver cirrhosis, according to a poster presentation at ACG 2015.

HONOLULU — In a liver plenary session at ACG 2015, Sujan Ravi, MD, MPH, clinical associate professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, presented clinical data that found acute kidney injury to be common among patients with alcoholic liver disease hospitalized for acute-on-chronic liver failure.

The FDA granted priority review to defibrotide, an investigational agent in development for treatment of patients with hepatic veno-occlusive disease who have evidence of multiorgan dysfunction after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Hepatotoxicity due to treatment with Votrient was common in patients with metastatic renal cancer, according to study data presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology’s European Cancer Congress.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has released a guidance supporting the use of Virtual Touch Quantification in people with chronic hepatitis B or C virus infection who need liver fibrosis assessment, according to a press release.

Procalcitonin concentrations were found to be an unreliable biomarker for detecting infection among patients with acute liver failure, mostly due to inflammation, according to published findings.

Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, A*STAR Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore, and the Houston Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Texas, are developing a new medical device to test liver toxicity that can provide results in 30 minutes, according to a press release.

Researchers found that Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection with persistent normal or minimally elevated alanine aminotransferase more frequently developed liver injury, such as fibrosis or necroinflammation, and may need increased surveillance.

Health Canada announced it is requesting input from clinicians and other healthcare professionals on proposed revisions to the labeling standard for nonprescription acetaminophen products, in an effort to encourage consumers to use them more safely, according to a press release from Health Canada.