Liver Failure
Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this disease.
The Impact of Liver Failure on the Immune System.
What's happening now
An analyst briefing on current research, clinical, regulatory and industry activity surrounding this disease.
- 2 clinical trials expected to report results, the earliest in Q3 2026.
- Q3 2026F573 for Injection for the Treatment of Liver Injury/Failure : Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase Ⅱa Clinical Trial
- Q4 2027A Clinical Trial Assessing the Safety, Tolerability, and Exploratory Efficacy of a Novel Bioartificial Liver Therapy in Patients With Liver Failure or Small-for-Size Syndrome
Clinical MilestonesViewHide
- 2026-04-20A Clinical Trial Assessing the Safety, Tolerability, and Exploratory Efficacy of a Novel Bioartificial Liver Therapy in Patients With Liver Failure or Small-for-Size SyndromeResults expected Q4 2027
- 2025-11-19F573 for Injection for the Treatment of Liver Injury/Failure : Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase Ⅱa Clinical TrialResults expected Q3 2026
- 2026-08-01A Phase 2b, Double-Blind, Three Arm, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial With Restricted Response Adaptive Randomization Testing the Efficacy and Safety of High Dose Methylprednisolone or Equine Anti-Thymocyte Globulin as Treatment for Acute Liver Failure in Pediatric PatientsPrimary completion
- 2025-12-31A Phase I Safety and Tolerability Dose Escalation Study of Micro-encapsulated Hepatocytes Intraperitoneal Transplantation Therapy for Adult Liver Failure Patients.Primary completion
- 2026-08-01ClinicalA Phase 2b, Double-Blind, Three Arm, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial With Restricted Response Adaptive Randomization Testing the Efficacy and Safety of High Dose Methylprednisolone or Equine Anti-Thymocyte Globulin as Treatment for Acute Liver Failure in Pediatric PatientsPrimary completion
- 2026-04-20ClinicalA Clinical Trial Assessing the Safety, Tolerability, and Exploratory Efficacy of a Novel Bioartificial Liver Therapy in Patients With Liver Failure or Small-for-Size SyndromeResults expected Q4 2027
- 2025-12-31ClinicalA Phase I Safety and Tolerability Dose Escalation Study of Micro-encapsulated Hepatocytes Intraperitoneal Transplantation Therapy for Adult Liver Failure Patients.Primary completion
- 2025-11-19ClinicalF573 for Injection for the Treatment of Liver Injury/Failure : Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase Ⅱa Clinical TrialResults expected Q3 2026
- 2025-10-15ClinicalA Phase 2a, Open-label, Randomized, Controlled, Multi-center Proof of Concept Study to Assess the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of VS-01 on Top of Standard of Care, Compared to Standard of Care Alone, in Adult Patients With Acute-on-chronic Liver Failure (ACLF)Terminated
Therapeutic landscape
Therapies with a regulatory footing for this condition, alongside the wider set of agents co-studied with it in the literature.
Approval — HIV-1 infection Tenofovir disoproxil 245 mg film-coated tablets are indicated in combinat… (2016)
Approval — HIV?1 infection Tenofovir disoproxil Zentiva is indicated in combination with other antir… (2016)
Approval — HIV 1 infection Viread 123 mg film coated tablets are indicated in combination with other… (2002)
Clinical trials
The current development programme across all trial phases.
Regulatory timeline
Drug regulatory events matched to this condition by indication — EMA.
European Medicines Agency (CC BY 4.0). Events are matched to this condition by drug indication text — approvals/updates for drugs indicated for it, not disease-specific acts.
Research activity
Key research shaping understanding of this disease, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.
Major themes6
- Liver Failure2
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular1
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 21
- Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists1
- Immunity, Innate1
- Liver Neoplasms1
Leading journals2
- Gastroenterology1
- International journal of molecular sciences1
Leading researchers8
- Berger NA1
- Dąbrowska A1
- Kaelber DC1
- Kucharczyk J1
- Kulbacka J1
- Mastalerz J1
- Rembiałkowska N1
- Szewczyk A1
Affiliations (unnormalised)4
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center1
- Center for Clinical Informatics Research and Education1
- Center for Science1
- Wroclaw Medical University1
Reference
Authoritative identity, definition & identifiers.
Severe inability of the LIVER to perform its normal metabolic functions, as evidenced by severe JAUNDICE and abnormal serum levels of AMMONIA; BILIRUBIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASES; and albumin/globulin ratio. (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed)
- Disease identity & definition — NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), public domain
- Clinical trials — ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
- Research activity — Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI) + OpenAlex-derived paper links
- Related entities are derived from literature co-mention (studied together) — associative, not causal.