Determination of HCC With Octanoate Breath Test vs. MRI Diagnosis
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
About this trial
This is an interventional diagnostic trial for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Any patients with chronic liver disease at risk for HCC.
- Age ≥ 18 years.
- Patient has an MRI result (positive or negative for HCC) up to 3 months prior to recruitment or will be scheduled for an MRI during the trial period.
- Patient is naïve to HCC treatment (RFA or TACE or Oral HCC treatments) since last MRI.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any patients with chronic liver disease at risk for HCC.
- Age ≥ 18 years.
- Patient has an MRI result (positive or negative for HCC) up to 3 months prior to recruitment or will be scheduled for an MRI during the trial period.
- Patient is naïve to HCC treatment (RFA or TACE or Oral HCC treatments) since last MRI.
- Patients currently receiving total parenteral nutrition if they have contraindications to oral drugs.
- Women who are pregnant or breast feeding.
- Patient taking drugs that can interfere with octanoate metabolism or can also cause NAFLD independent of the metabolic syndrome, including: corticosteroids, amiodarone, tetracycline, valproic acid, methotrexate, stavudine, zidovudine.
- Patient, based on the opinion of the investigator, should not be enrolled into this study.
- Patient unable or unwilling to sign informed consent.
- Patients that are participating in other clinical trials evaluating experimental treatments or procedures
Sites / Locations
- 302 Military Hopsital
- General Hospital of Beijing Military Region
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
HCC positive
HCC negative
Breath testing utilizing 13C is a safe, non-invasive means for measuring a certain pathway's metabolic rate. 13C is a stable, non-radioactive isotope which can be incorporated into a specific location within a test substrate so it would be released when the compound is metabolized by the liver. Hepatic metabolism of the compound is assessed by measuring the ratio of 13CO2/12CO2 in exhaled breath.
Breath testing utilizing 13C is a safe, non-invasive means for measuring a certain pathway's metabolic rate. 13C is a stable, non-radioactive isotope which can be incorporated into a specific location within a test substrate so it would be released when the compound is metabolized by the liver. Hepatic metabolism of the compound is assessed by measuring the ratio of 13CO2/12CO2 in exhaled breath.