Fibroscan® and Its Dedicated Probes Efficiency in Obese Patients

NCT00926224 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2010-11-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The main objective of the study is to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the XL probe for estimating degree of liver fibrosis/cirrhosis in obese patients \> 28 kg/m² with various liver diseases in patients with chronic liver disease scheduled for a liver biopsy.

Conditions

  • Liver Fibrosis
  • Cirrhosis

Interventions

DEVICE

FibroScan M and XL probes

Each patient undergo two liver stiffness measurements with the FibroScan: once with the M probe and once with the XL probe

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Echosens

    lead INDUSTRY

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-07-31
Primary Completion
2010-07-31
Completion
2010-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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