Portal Hypertension Clinical Trial
— FORCEOfficial title:
Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN): FibroScan™ in Pediatric Cholestatic Liver Disease (FORCE) Study Protocol
Verified date | January 2024 |
Source | Arbor Research Collaborative for Health |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Observational |
Noninvasive monitoring of liver fibrosis is an unmet need within the clinical management of pediatric chronic liver disease. While liver biopsy is often used in the initial diagnostic evaluation, subsequent biopsies are rarely performed because of inherent invasiveness and risks. This study will evaluate the role of non-invasive FibroScan™ technology to detect and quantify liver fibrosis.
Status | Active, not recruiting |
Enrollment | 552 |
Est. completion date | December 2024 |
Est. primary completion date | December 22, 2022 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | N/A to 21 Years |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Age less than 21 years at the time of enrollment - Participants enrolled in a ChiLDReN based prospective observational cohort study (PROBE, BASIC, or LOGIC) - Willingness and ability to participate in the study for up to 24 months - One of the following three diagnoses - Biliary atresia per ChiLDReN criteria or, - Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (PiZZ or SZ) or, - Alagille Syndrome per ChiLDReN criteria Exclusion Criteria: - BA with known situs inversus or polysplenia/asplenia - Presence of clinically significant ascites detected on physical examination - Open wound near expected FibroScan probe application site - Use of implantable active medical device such as a pacemaker or defibrillator - Known pregnancy - Prior liver transplant - Unable or unwilling to give informed consent or assent |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Canada | Hospital for Sick Children | Toronto | Ontario |
United States | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (Emory University) | Atlanta | Georgia |
United States | Children's Hospital Colorado | Aurora | Colorado |
United States | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | Chicago | Illinois |
United States | Cincinnati Children's Memorial Hospital | Cincinnati | Ohio |
United States | Texas Children's Hospital (Baylor College of Medicine) | Houston | Texas |
United States | Riley Hospital for Children | Indianapolis | Indiana |
United States | Children's Hospital Los Angeles | Los Angeles | California |
United States | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania |
United States | Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania |
United States | University of Utah | Salt Lake City | Utah |
United States | University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) | San Francisco | California |
United States | Seattle Children's Hospital | Seattle | Washington |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Arbor Research Collaborative for Health | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) |
United States, Canada,
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Other | Change from LSM Measurement obtained via transient elastography from baseline, to LSM at the Year 1 and Year 2 visits in participants with A1AT and ALGS | To prospectively explore changes in LSM over time by FibroScan™ in children with A1AT and ALGS. | Baseline, Year 1, and Year 2 Visits in children with A2AT, ALGS, and BA. | |
Primary | Compare the distribution of LSM at enrollment between participants with and without portal hypertension | A linear model will be fit to FibroScan™ values at enrollment to assess the impact of portal hypertension on LSM, controlling for important covariates such as age, gender, and race | Enrollment | |
Secondary | Change in Liver Stiffness Measurement (LSM) obtained via transient elastography from baseline to LSM at the Year 1 and Year 2 visits in participants with biliary atresia (BA). | The key secondary aim (Aim 2) compares the one- and two-year FibroScan™ values to those at enrollment in participants with BA. | Baseline, Year 1 Visit, Year 2 Visit | |
Secondary | Number of participants in whom a valid FibroScan™ LSM can be obtained | The investigators will define two measures of the feasibility of FibroScans™ in the participant populations with a "technically possible" FibroScan™, defined as the number of subjects with at least 10 FibroScan™ measurements obtained divided by the number assessed. The proportion of subjects with FibroScans™ of "acceptable quality" is defined as the number of subjects with FibroScan™ LSM with the ratio of the interquartile range and median of the 10 measurements <30%, of which at least 6 are completed, divided by the number assessed. The proportions and their 95% confidence intervals will be provided using the Wald method; however, the Wilson-Score methods will be used if the sample sizes are small or the proportion is small for a disease group. We will perform separate analyses for subjects <2 years of age and for those >2 years of age. | Baseline, Year 1 Visit, Year 2 Visit | |
Secondary | FibroScan™ LSM values at enrollment and conventional laboratory determinants of liver disease ((Pediatric End Stage Liver Disease (PELD) and APRI (Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) to Platelet Ratio Index)). | The analysis will be limited to subjects for whom a PELD can be calculated (i.e., those for whom the individual components of the PELD score are available). Note that PELD will be calculated for all pediatric participants including those greater than 12 years of age. PELD is calculated as
PELD = 4.80 x [ln serum bilirubin (mg/dL)] + 18.57 x [ln INR] - 6.87 x [ln albumin (g/dL)] + 4.36(<1 year old) + 6.67(growth failure) [www.unos.org] APRI is calculated as APRI = AST/upper limit of normal AST x 100 [U/L] Platelet Count (109/L) [U/L]) |
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