Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Not yet recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Corticosteroids in Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis Patients With Early Spontaneous Improvement
Brief Summary: Approximately 50% of patients admitted for severe AH will have spontaneous improvement of liver function before initiation of therapy (ie decrease in mDF between hospital admission and initiation of steroids). These patients have a better prognosis than patients without spontaneous improvement of liver function. It has never been demonstrated that corticosteroids improve survival in severe AH patients with spontaneous improvement of liver function. Our hypothesis is that severe AH patients with spontaneous improvement of liver function represent a group who could most benefit from steroids