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Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network (DILIN) Prospective Study

Rationale,Design and Conduct

Authors: Dr Robert J. Fontana, Paul B. Watkins, Herbert L. Bonkovsky, Naga Chalasani, Timothy Davern, Jose Serrano, James Rochon, the DILIN Study Group

Published in: Drug Safety | Issue 1/2009

Abstract

Background: Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is an uncommon adverse drug reaction of increasing importance to the medical community, pharmaceutical industry, regulatory agencies and the general public.

Objectives: The Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network (DILIN) was established to advance understanding and research into DILI by initiating a prospective registry of patients with bona fide DILI for future studies of host clinical, genetic, environmental and immunological risk factors. The DILIN was also charged with developing standardized nomenclature, terminology and causality assessment instruments.

Methods: Five clinical sites, a data coordinating centre and senior scientists from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases initiated the DILIN prospective study in September 2004. Eligible patients are required to meet minimal laboratory or histological criteria within 6 months of DILI onset and have other competing causes of liver injury excluded. Patients in the general community setting with pre-existing HIV, hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus infections and/or abnormal baseline liver biochemistries are eligible for enrolment. In addition, subjects with liver injury due to herbal products are eligible to participate. Control patients without DILI are also to be recruited in the future.

Results: All referred subjects undergo an extensive review of available laboratory, pathology and imaging studies. Subjects who meet pre-defined eligibility criteria at the 6-month study visit are followed for 2 years to better define the natural history of chronic DILI. Causality assessment is determined by a panel of three hepatologists who independently assign a causality score ranging from 1 (definite) to 5 (unlikely) as well as a severity score ranging from 1 (mild) to 5 (fatal). During the first 3 years, 367 subjects were enrolled into the DILIN prospective study. Conclusion: DILIN is a multicentre research network charged with improving our understanding of the aetiologies, risk factors and outcomes of DILI in the US. The network is meeting the targeted enrolment of ten patients per month and is developing a repository of clinical data and biological samples for future studies of DILI pathogenesis and outcome.

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Title: Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network (DILIN) Prospective Study
Rationale,Design and Conduct
Authors: Dr Robert J. Fontana
Paul B. Watkins
Herbert L. Bonkovsky
Naga Chalasani
Timothy Davern
Jose Serrano
James Rochon
the DILIN Study Group
Publication date: 01-01-2009
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Drug Safety / Issue 1/2009
Print ISSN: 0114-5916
Electronic ISSN: 1179-1942
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2165/00002018-200932010-00005

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