Ultrasound Method to Measure Fibrosis of the Liver in Children

December 6, 2016 updated by: Uzma Shah, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital

Sonoelastography: Ultrasound Method to Measure Fibrosis of the Liver in Children

HYPOTHESIS: The investigators hypothesize that sonoelastography (SE) provide accurate quantitative measurements that can be used to stage liver fibrosis in pediatric patients with chronic liver disease.

Specific Aims:

To measure liver stiffness with sonoelastography in pediatric and adolescents with suspect diffuse liver disease who will undergo nonfocal liver biopsy as part of their routine clinical care.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

24

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Massachusetts
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
        • Massachusetts General Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

1 year to 21 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion criteria:

  • Patients scheduled for random liver biopsy for routine staging of liver fibrosis
  • Pediatric patients patients (ages 1-21)
  • Girls or boys
  • Suspected liver disease
  • Consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria:

  • Pregnancy
  • Acute illness/cognitive impairment resulting in inability to cooperate with ultrasound
  • Patients that do not consent to ultrasound guided liver biopsy.
  • Contraindications to liver biopsy (e.g. low platelets defined as a platelet count of less than 50,000, and hemophilia/coagulopathy as an INR higher than 1.5.)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Shear Wave Sonoelastography, Fibrosis stage
Shear Wave sonoelastography is performed on patients who are scheduled for a non-focal liver biopsy.
Device: Shear Wave sonoelastography
Shear Wave Sonoelastography as a ultrasound technique to measure liver fibrosis is performed on patients scheduled for non-focal liver biopsy. Results are compared with pathological score of fibrosis from liver biopsy.
Other Names:
  • Supersonic Aixplorer

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Measure Liver Elasticity Value Using Sonoelastography.
Time Frame: Day one
Assess liver stiffness as measured by sonoelastography with results of liver biopsy as read by a single-pathologist using the METAVIR criteria (F0-F4).
Day one

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Massachusetts General Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Uzma Shah, MD, FAAP, Massachusetss General Hospital

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 7, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 11, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

March 13, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 1, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 6, 2016

Last Verified

December 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2010P000705

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

Undecided

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