Agreement and Reliability of Transient Elastography in Patients With Chronic Viral Hepatitis - a Cross-sectional Test-retest Study
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Diagnostic test
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY
The aim of this study is to assess agreement, smallest detectable change, and reliability of repeated measurements of liver stiffness of transient elastography in patients with chronic viral hepatitis, and to explore factors associated with disagreement.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• Patients at the departments of infectious diseases in Malmö, Lund and Helsingborg with chronic viral hepatitis.
• Adult patients
• Signed informed consent to participate in the study.
Locations
Other Locations
Sweden
Oskar Ljungquist
RECRUITING
Helsingborg
Contact Information
Primary
Oskar Ljungquist, M.D, PhD
oskar.ljungquist@med.lu.se
+46424061000
Backup
Gustav Torisson, M.D, PhD
gustav.torisson@med.lu.se
+464033 10 00
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-06-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-12-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 300
Treatments
Chronic viral hepatitis
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Lund University