A listing of Liver Disease medical research trials actively recruiting patient volunteers. Search for closest city to find more detailed information on a research study in your area.
What is the purpose of this study?This protocol’s primary aim is to assess the performance of the OnX exam on patients with suspected or confirmed liver disease with the goal of comparing the OnX output stiffness estimates to FibroScan® liver stiffness measurements. Our primary objectives are to assess whether the …
The overall objective of this proposal is to conduct a systematic approach to dissect both genetic underpinnings and nongenetic factors in the development of adult autoimmune liver diseases including autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), overlap AIH with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (AIH-PBC), overlap AIH with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (AIH-PSC), and drug-induced autoimmune-like hepatitis …
NAFLD is a common liver disease in the United States. The causes of NAFLD are unknown, but are probably due to different reasons, from inherited characteristics to personal lifestyle. Some reasons may increase the chance of developing NAFLD (these are called “risk factors”) while other reasons may decrease the chance …
What is this study about?Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease have varied etiologies, associated risk factors and disease severity. One purpose of this study is to determine the possible etiological factors, risk factors, and disease severity of all patients referred to Digestive and Liver Diseases Clinics for presumed NAFLD. Another …
The purpose of the study is to determine how much a persons kidney function recovers after receiving a simultaneous liver kidney transplant. We are interested to see if a liver transplant alone makes it unnecessary to perform a kidney transplant.
What is this study about?The National Liver Cancer Screening Trial is an adaptive randomized phase IV Trial comparing ultrasound-based versus biomarker-based screening in 5500 patients with cirrhosis from any etiology or patients with chronic hepatitis B infection. Eligible patients will be randomized in a 1:1 fashion to Arm A using …
We are doing this research study to evaluate the lived experience of adults who have already had a liver transplant or are in the process of being worked up for a liver transplant. The data gathered from this project will be used to identify unmet needs of patient undergoing LT …
What is the purpose of this study?The primary objective is to assess overall sensitivity and specificity of Oncoguard™ Liverhepatocellular cancer (HCC) detection in a surveillance population of subjects age 18 years and older who are at an increased risk for HCC and for whom HCCurveillance is appropriate, including subjects with …
We will build a biorepository of blood and urine samples correlated with clinical data in neonates receiving parenteral nutrition in order to study IFALD