Noninvasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis by real-time tissue elastography: Establishment of the method for measurement

Noninvasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis by real-time tissue elastography: Establishment of the method for measurement - Diagnosis of liver fibrosis by Real-time Tissue Elastography (RTE)

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000003050

Enrollment

150

Registered

2010-01-17

Start date

2009-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Chronic liver injury

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Written agreement of participation for this study could be obtained. 2) Subjects who can be done the measurement by abdominal ultrasound. 3) Patients who could be received the histological evaluation by laparoscopic liver biopsy or percutaneous liver biopsy.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Written agreement of participation for this study could not be obtained. 2) Subjects who cannot be done the measurement by abdominal ultrasound. 3) A case with ascites. 4) The subjects who were estimated that it is inappropriate to participate the study by the responsible physician.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Diagnosis of liver fibrosis by Real-time Tissue Elastography.	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactYohei Koizumi

Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Gastroenterology and Metabology

ykoizumi@m.ehime-u.ac.jp+81-89-960-5308

Outcome results