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Screening of Liver Fibrosis Using Blood Tests in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Screening of Liver Fibrosis Using Blood Tests in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04232293
Acronym
L-FibroT2DM
Enrollment
722
Registered
2020-01-18
Start date
2021-06-25
Completion date
2025-06-27
Last updated
2025-11-18

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Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, NAFLD, NASH

Keywords

NASH, NAFLD, Fibrosis, Cirrhosis, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Brief summary

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Non-Alcoholic SteatoHepatitis (NASH), are a frequent complication of type 2 diabetes and obesity. This disease has been linked with an increased morbidity and mortality, in particular cardiovascular disease and hepatic complications (cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma). NAFLD is covered different liver damage in ascending order: steatosis, Non-Alcoholic SteatoHepatitis (NASH), fibrosis, and finally cirrhosis. Mostly, fibrosis has a determining role in the patient's status health. The fibrosis prevalence rate may reach up to 15 % of people with type 2 diabetes. The purpose of the study is to screen hepatic fibrosis for patient with type 2 diabetes. To be sure of the status of the disease, the gold standard procedure remains liver biopsy. However, it's an invasive procedure and it's a challenge to perform this kind of medical procedure to every patient with NAFLD. Some alternative procedure exists, called FibroScan that gives some indication of liver fibrosis status. Unfortunately, every diabetologist hasn't this equipment in his medical office. The investigators propose to evaluate two non-invasive biological fibrosis tests, called eLIFT and FibroMeter. The results of these two diagnostic tests will be compared to FibroScan and to liver biopsy results.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTBlood tests

eLift and FibroMeter

Sponsors

Nantes University Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Age ≥ 40 years old, * Type 2 diabetes mellitus for more than 6 months, * BMI \> 25 kg/m2, * Waist circumference \> 94 cm (male) or 80 cm (female). * Patient benefiting from a social security system.

Exclusion criteria

* Medical follow up for liver disease, * Decompensated cirrhosis, * Health status that does not allow the participation of the patient, * Hospitalisation for acute complication: sepsis, infection, foot's ulcer, acute coronary syndrome,… * HbA1c \> 11,0 %, * Pregnancy. * Patient under guardianship or curatorship or protection of justice * Involvement refusal.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
eLift and FibroMeter sensitivity for the diagnosis of advanced hepatic fibrosisDay 0sensitivity calculated as follows: (number of patients with advanced hepatic fibrosis and a positive test) / (number of patients with advanced hepatic fibrosis)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
number of advanced hepatic fibrosis diagnosed according to the FibroScan composite criterion and then liver biopsy3 months
Controlled Attenuation Parameter (CAP) measurement by FibroScan3 months
Patient rate with eLIFT ≥8 versus FibroMeter ≥0.22.Day 0
Liver hardness (kPa) measured by FibroScan3 months
Complication of diabetesDay 0

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026