Active clinical trials for "Fibrosis"

To determine the rate and mechanisms of skeletal muscle protein synthesis and breakdown in cirrhotic patients by using multiple tracers and single muscle biopsies.

Patients with advanced chronic liver diseases treated at the Vienna General Hospital of the Medical University of Vienna will be offered to participate in this prospective observational trial. Clinical parameters and laboratory parameters will be recorded for all patients and patients will undergo a regular follow-up schedule with clinical visits at the Vienna General Hospital. This study is linked to a biobank with serum/plasma, ascitic fluid, urine, GI tract mucosal biopsies, liver biopsies and stool collected from the study participants.

This study seeks to screen first degree family members of people with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) for the earliest signs of lung fibrosis.

Goal is to physiologically detect unsuspected small airways obstruction in children and adults with treated heterozygous and homozygous cystic fibrosis. Unsuspected refers to normal routine pre bronchodilator spirometry including normal FEV1(L), FVC (L). and FEV1/FVC%. This is a retrospective study.

Out objective is to identify the mechanisms that promote hepatic and myocardial fibrosis, and collateral vessel formation in patients with complex congenital heart disease and Fontan circulation.

This study aims to examine the link between Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and cardiovascular diseases by studying the association between liver fibrosis degree and cardiovascular risk factors. The study would clarify the value and the role of the Coronary calcium score (CAC score) in the screening for coronary disease in this population at high cardiovascular risk.

This study relies on the hypotheses that (1) exhaled breath is intimately correlated to the patient's lung condition and that (2)the composition of exhaled breath , i.e. the VOCs profile, will be significantly modified from the first days of treatment by CFTR modulators in a or pauci/symptomatic patients such as young children under 12 years old. The non-invasive and longitudinal collection and analysis of exhaled breath may reveal modifications in signaling pathways impacted by these treatments on the very short term. This study is a single-center pilot study.

This multi-center study will compare multi-target DNA and quantitative FIT stool-based testing to colonoscopy in individuals with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) undergoing colon cancer screening with colonoscopy. The primary endpoint is detection of any adenomas, including advanced adenomas and colorectal cancer (CRC).

To invegstive the Changes of Intestinal Flora and the improvements of Cardiac Fibrosis in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy Diagnosed for the First Time by heart Rehabilitation

This observational study evaluates the concentration of immune protein S100A8/A9 in different liver failure syndromes, its interaction with the immune system and validity as an immunotherapeutic target to improve survival in patients with advanced cirrhosis and/or acute on chronic liver failure.