Clinical trial NCT05105828: Predictive Power of Share Wave Fibro Scan in HCC After HCV Infection
Official title: Predictive Power of Share Wave Fibro Scan in HCC After HCV Infection
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Lead sponsor: Assiut University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-11-03
Enrollment: 110
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Post hepatitis C with HCC above 18 years

Brief summary: Shear wave electrography score allows stratification of HCC risk in a noninvasive and reliable way and can guide the surveillance strategy for HCC in patients with CLD

Detailed description: Liver fibrosis is common to all chronic liver disease (CLD) , With time, this progressive disruption of hepatic architecture can develop into cirrhosis, characterized by "diffuse conversion of normal liver architecture into structurally abnormal nodules", About1% to 4% of patients with HCV-induced liver cirrhosis are diagnosed with HCC each year .

The historical gold standard for quantifying fibrosis is liver biopsy, but its invasive nature and potential for complications make it unpopular among patients and impractical for serial assessments of CLD. Furthermore, since histological lesions are not uniformly distributed across the liver parenchyma, this allows for large sampling error. The need for credible alternatives to biopsy has stimulated research into non-invasive methods of fibrosis assessment, including serum biomarkers , axial imaging and transient elastography.

FibroScan™ (Echosens, Paris, France) allows a non-invasive liver stiffness measurement (LSM), it is a relatively simple, highly reproducible and operator independent technique which examines an area 100 times that of a biopsy, reducing sampling bias , Shear wave elastography (SWE) measures LS by quantifying the velocity of shear waves produced in the liver tissue and uses a normal B-mode ultrasound probe for measuring LS in real time. In addition, SWE imaging using the Aixplorer system provides a high frame-rate and may be able to provide more accurate scoring of fibrosis .

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Post hepatitis C with HCC

Exclusion Criteria:

* hepatic encephalopathy, ascites or pregnancy, hepatorenal syndrome or hepato-pulmonary syndrome, right side heart failure (liver congestion), extra hepatic tumors, history of liver transplantation, cholestasis, and hepatitis B patient

Primary outcomes:
measure: Shear wave elastography score
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Assiut
country: Egypt
facility: Assiut University
Study officials:
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