Identification of risk factors and biomarkers for liver diseases, hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder carcinoma. The ESCALON stduy.
- Conditions
- Hepatobiliary cancersliver- gallbladder and bileduct cancers1001799010019815
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 1950
HPB related malignancies, • Age >= 18 years of age
• Diagnosed with HCC, CCA or GBC
• Written informed consent, HPB related diseases, • Age >= 18 years of age
• Diagnosed with viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, PSC, NAFLD or gallstones
• Written informed consent, Healthy controls, • Age >= 18 years of age
• No signs of relevant disease
• Written informed consent
For all groups, • Females who are pregnant or breast-feeding.
• History or other evidence of severe illness, other malignancy or any other
condition which would make the patient, in the opinion of the investigators,
unsuitable for the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Identification of specific biomarkers for diagnosis and risk-prediction of HCC,<br /><br>GBC or CCA.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Not applicable.</p><br>