Active clinical trials for "Liver Diseases"

Chronic alcoholic and metabolic liver diseases are the two main liver diseases in France. The long-term prognosis of these two diseases are not well known because main studies are retrospective and with only alcoholic patients. The knowledge of the natural history of these diseases should improve the management of patients with such diseases. The aim of this prospective cohort is to describe the natural history of patients with chronic liver disease due to alcohol or metabolic disease and to identify factors associated with complications of these liver diseases (cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, ascites. ..).

The purpose of this study to assess the image quality of the rapid magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compared to the standard MRI.

Ultrasound (US) is widely used as a diagnostic tool in a hospital setting. In a medical department, diagnosis like heart failure or most kinds of heart diseases, hypervolemia, hypovolemia, pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, ascites, diseases in the gall bladder/bile tract, urine tract and venous thrombosis are common. US is the key diagnostic tool in these diagnosis, and on early diagnosis is crucial both on behalf of the patients well-being, and for hospital logistic reasons. The aim is to study the clinical use of pocket sized US as a screening diagnostic tool in an department of internal medicine. Method: All patients admitted (in certain preset periods) to Department of medicine will be screened with pocket sized US by expert user. Changes in diagnoses, as well as medications as a result of US screening will be the endpoints. US findings will be validated against standard echocardiography, or standard US/CT/MRI performed at the Radiological department. The aim is to study the clinical use of pocket sized US as a screening diagnostic tool in a department of cardiology. Method: All patients admitted (in certain preset periods) to Department of cardiology will be screened with pocket sized US for heart disease, pericardial and pleural effusion. Examinations by expert users. Specific findings could be myocardial dysfunction as heart failure, cardiomyopathies, regional dysfunction due to ischemia, valvular dysfunction, atrial enlargement, and pleural/pericardial effusion. Changes in diagnoses, as well as medications as a result of US screening will be the endpoints. US findings will be validated against standard echocardiography in all. As in 1), but examination by non-expert users compared to expert users.

Increasing evidence attests the influence of multiple metabolic genetic risk factors in the progression of alcoholic liver disease. Deleterious pathways involved in metabolism such as lipid peroxidation and cytokines have been implicated in promoting inflammation leading to fibrosis increase and liver injury progression. The aim of this study was to assess the role of rs738409 single nucleotide polymorphism in the PNPLA3 gene in alcoholic liver disease patients.

The purpose of this study is to collect data to examine and characterize the clinical outcomes of pediatric patients diagnosed with any liver disease at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.

The aim of this study; Which anthropometric measurement and ratio (BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, neck circumference, waist-height ratio, body shape index, body roundness index, visceral adiposity index) is a better indicator in healthy individuals with NAFLD and their biochemical parameters is to evaluate.

Serial combination of biological and elastography tests is accurate to diagnosing advanced fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients. In this study, the investigators compared the diagnostic performances of a 2-step strategy using either vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE) or bidimensional shear wave elastography with Supersonic imagine (2D-SWE-SSI), and analysed the added-value of a 3-step strategy.

This study seeks to determine how COVID-19 affects the clinical outcome of patients with chronic liver disease, and whether the clinical course of COVID-19 is influenced by underlying chronic liver disease.

Patients with cirrhosis are frequently hospitalized and often undergo procedures. Knowledge surrounding bleeding risk is sparse and practice patterns vary across centers in regards to bleeding prophylaxis. The goal of this study to is to obtain more knowledge regarding risk factors for procedural related bleeding in patients with cirrhosis and to develop a predictive model to risk stratify patients before undergoing procedures. Through collaboration from centers across the world this study should provide information on prevalence of bleeding and variation in practice patterns for prophylaxis.

This study will follow-up a cohort of patients from the Birmingham and Lambeth Liver Evaluation Strategies (BALLETS) study using a database search based on their individual National Health Service (NHS) numbers. The investigators will interrogate the Hospital Episode Statistics database and the Office of National Statistics database, and examine three categories of end points: death, inpatient attendance primarily due to liver disease, and outpatient attendance primarily due to liver disease. A logistic regression analysis will then be conducted to determine associations between these end points and the presence, and degree, of fatty liver in the original BALLETS study, adjusted for age, sex, alcohol intake, BMI, and baseline ALT measurement.