The Sonic Incytes Liver Incyte System, Assessment of Liver Fibrosis and Steatosis

November 4, 2021 updated by: Sonic Incytes
Evaluate the feasibility of the Liver Incyte system for liver elasticity measurement in healthy volunteers and patients with liver fibrosis. To evaluate the discriminatory ability of elasticity measurements generated by Liver Incyte for healthy volunteers versus patients with liver fibrosis in comparison to FibroScan measurements.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This will be a prospective, open label, feasibility and validation study of the Liver Incyte system in patients with liver fibrosis (Cohort 1, n = 150) and healthy volunteers (Cohort 2, n = 50), for a total of 200 participants. The physician operator of the FibroScan, and the operator of the Shear wave vibro-elastography (S-WAVE) system, will not be blinded to the clinical diagnoses of the patients. All patients will undergo the testing with both FibroScan and Liver Incyte system at a single in-clinic visit.

The liver stiffness of each participant will be assessed with the Liver Incyte Model B device and with FibroScan. The elasticity measurements from these two devices will be the primary outcome measure.

The Liver Incyte system is designed as two models with differences in the ultrasound components only, description of the two models is below. Two sub-studies are included in this design as exploratory objectives. Model B will be utilized at all study sites and all study participants. Participants at the LAIR study site will also be evaluated using Model A, as well as Model B, for verification and to confirm consistency between designs. Participants will have the option to participate in the Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) and Proton Density Fat Fraction (PDFF) portion of the study. MRE/PDFF is an optional procedure, which makes up a sub-study for this trial, this would require approximately 1 hour, and is open to any participant who is willing and has time for the extra study visit. The results of the MRE/PDFF sub-study will be included as an exploratory objective.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

140

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

    • British Columbia
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5Z 1H2
        • LAIR
    • Massachusetts
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
        • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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

19 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Any sex, ages 19-75 years inclusively
  • Individuals with a history of chronic Hepatitis C (HCV) or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Patients with history of Hepatitis C must have completed treatment and achieved Sustained viral response at 12 weeks (SVR12).
  • Previous FibroScan measurement (within the last 13 months) between 8 kilopascals and 35 kilopascals.
  • Able to understand the informed consent form, study procedures and willing to participate in study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unable to achieve SVR12 with previous antiviral treatment for HCV
  • Multiple (>1) liver disease diagnoses within the past 12 months
  • Co-infection with another Hepatitis virus or Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), last testing within past 5 years
  • Documented or known ascites
  • Documented or known portal hypertension
  • BMI greater than 35 kg/m2 (30 kg/m2 for optional MRE participants)
  • If female and of child-bearing potential: pregnant, suspected or planning to become pregnant or breast-feeding
  • Individuals with history of persistent ethanol abuse (alcohol consumption exceeding 2 standard drinks per day on average [1 standard drink = 10 grams of alcohol])
  • Individuals with implanted electrical devices such as pacemakers, internal defibrillators, cochlear implants and nerve stimulators.
  • Individuals with surgically removed gallbladder (for optional MRE procedure only)

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: Liver Incyte
Patients with successfully treated HCV, or NASH Healthy volunteers with no history of liver disease. Patients and Volunteers will be scanned with FibroScan and Liver Incyte.
Ultrasound elasticity imaging

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Discrimination of healthy from patients with liver fibrosis
Time Frame: 6 months

The discriminatory ability of elasticity measurements generated by Liver Incyte for healthy volunteers versus patients with liver fibrosis in comparison to FibroScan measurements.

An receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve using final Liver Incyte elasticity measurement as a predictor of healthy versus fibrotic (HCV/NASH) will be constructed with accompanying 95% confidence interval for the area under the curve (AUC). The AUC and 95% confidence intervals for the FibroScan device will be calculated.

6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Safety of the device as measured by rate of adverse events
Time Frame: 6 months

The safety and tolerability of the Liver Incyte system for liver elasticity measurement in healthy volunteers and patients with liver fibrosis

Rate of adverse events when using the investigational device will be reported.

6 months

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Agreement between Liver Incytes and MRI elastography measurements
Time Frame: 6 months
Elasticity measurements from Liver Incyte and MRE will be compared using a concordance correlation coefficient and associated 95% confidence intervals. A Spearman correlation coefficient and 95% confidence intervals will also be calculated. As in the analysis for the Primary Objective, an ROC curve will be constructed and AUCs for differentiating healthy versus fibrotic (HVC/NASH) will be calculated.
6 months
Correlation between Liver Incytes and MRI elastography measurements
Time Frame: 6 months
Steatosis measurements from Liver Incyte, Fibroscan (CAP), and MRI (PDFF) will be compared using a concordance correlation coefficient and associated 95% confidence intervals. A Spearman correlation coefficient and 95% confidence intervals will also be calculated. An ROC curve will be constructed and AUCs for differentiating healthy versus fibrotic (HCV/NASH) will be calculated.
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 1, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 3, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 16, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

May 21, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 8, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 4, 2021

Last Verified

November 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • SI-CLIN-01

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

Yes

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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