Clinical trial NCT06852235: Characteristics and Treatment Outcome of Liver Abscesses: An Observational Study
Official title: Characteristics and Treatment Outcome of Liver Abscesses: An Observational Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Conditions: Liver Abscess
Lead sponsor: Assiut University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-02-28
Enrollment: 70
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: All patients diagnosed with liver abscess according to inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Brief summary: 1. To assess the frequency, clinical presentation, microbiological and radiological characteristics of liver abscesses.
2. To evaluate the management plan and treatment outcome of liver abscess.
3. To study risk factors of liver abscess.

Detailed description: There is a paucity of information on liver abscesses' epidemiology and characteristics in the Middle East in general and Egypt in particular.

The incidence of liver abscess varies from one country to another. The annual incidence of pyogenic liver abscess has been estimated at 2.3 cases per 100,000 populations and 18-20 per 100 000 hospital admissions (Mohsen et al 2002, Kaplan et al 2004).

Liver abscess is a potentially life-threatening condition (Ahmed et al., 2016).

A review by Chan KS et al. of 16 pyogenic LA (PLA) articles showed mortality rates ranging from 0% to 15.7 % (Chan et al., 2022).

The etiology of LA can be bacterial (most often polymicrobial), parasitic (amebic essentially), mixed (pyogenic superinfection of parasitic abscess) or more rarely fungal (Nakanishi et al., 2009).

Microbes can invade the liver parenchyma by way of the bile ducts, blood stream (hematogenic, most often portal), or by contiguous spread, especially via the gallbladder bed (Yoo et al., 1993, Thomsen et al., 2007).

Advanced age, diabetes mellitus (DM) and the presence of underlying malignancy are considered major risk factors, and the latter is associated with a worse prognosis (Yoo et al., 1993, Thomsen et al., 2007).

The number of cryptogenic liver abscess cases has been on the rise, and no predisposing conditions (cryptogenic) was reported in 18% (McNeil et al. 2020).

The diagnosis of LA relies essentially on imaging. Sonography and CT scan lead to diagnosis in more than 90% of cases (Halvorsen et al., 1984).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of LA will be based on typical appearance on ultrasound (US) or computed tomography (CT) of abdomen with clinical features consistent with the diagnosis (fever, chills, jaundice, right upper quadrant pain/epigastric discomfort).
* US or CT-guided aspiration of pus from a hepatic lesion.
* Complete resolution of radiological abnormalities following antimicrobial therapy.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Liver abscess that occurs secondary to hydatid cyst.
* Liver abscess associated with underlying malignancy.
* Patient with incomplete medical records.

Primary outcomes:
measure: 1. To assess the frequency, clinical picture, microbiological and radiological characteristics of liver abscesses.
timeFrame: Baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: 2. To evaluate the management plan and treatment outcome of liver abscess.
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: 3. To study risk factors of liver abscess.
timeFrame: Baseline
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Assiut University
name: Ashraf Mahmoud Othman, doctorate
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Assiut University
name: Haidi Karam-Allah Ramadan, doctorate
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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