PP100-01 (Calmangafodipir) for Overdose of Paracetamol (POP)
Paracetamol Overdose
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Paracetamol Overdose
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Any patient with capacity admitted to hospital within 24 hrs either a single acute POD or more than one dose of paracetamol (staggered) and deemed to require treatment with NAC.
- Provision of written informed consent
- Males and females of at least 16 years of age
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients that do not have the capacity to consent to participate in the study
- Patients detained under the Mental Health Act or deemed unfit by the Investigator to participate due to mental health.
- Patients with known permanent cognitive impairment
- Patients who are pregnant or nursing
- Patients who have previously participated in the study
- Unreliable history of POD
- Patients presenting after 24hrs of POD
- Patients who take anticoagulants (e.g. warfarin) therapeutically or have taken an overdose of anticoagulants
- Patients who, in the opinion of the responsible clinician/nurse, are unlikely to complete the full course of NAC e.g. expressing wish to self-discharge
- Prisoners
- Non-English speaking patients. (Study information material will only be produced in English in view of the known and stable demographic of the Edinburgh self-harm population).
Sites / Locations
- Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
No Intervention
Experimental
Acetylcysteine (N-acetylcysteine; NAC)
PP100-01 (Calmangafodipir)+ NAC
NAC infusion 100mg/kg in 200ml 'loading dose' at timepoint '0'. 12 hour NAC regime will be continued with the second dose: 200mg/kg NAC in 1000ml i.v. over 10hr as per standard care protocol in NHS Lothian.
In addition to the standard care NAC regime, participants will be allocated into a dosing cohort to receive: Group A: PP100-01 (2 umol/kg calmangafodipir) after the "loading" dose of NAC Group B: PP100-01 (5 umol/kg calmangafodipir) after the "loading" dose of NAC Group C: PP100-01 (10 umol/kg calmangafodipir) after the "loading" dose of NAC PP100-01 treatment is administered intravenously over 5 minutes.