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CHANGES IN THE COAGULATION CASCADE IN PATIENTS WITH PROGRESSIVE (METABOLIC) LIVERDISEASE

Recruiting
Conditions
liver cirrhosis
liver scarring
10064477
10019654
Registration Number
NL-OMON36796
Lead Sponsor
Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
140
Inclusion Criteria

Healthy controls (population A):
- minimum age of 18-years old
- decision making capacity;Patients (group B) (minimum of 18 years old) with cirrhosis, as diagnosed by a GE-specialist, due to one of the following chronic liver diseases: Primary Biliairy Sclerosis (PBS), Primary Sclerosis Cholangitis (PSC), Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), Alcoholic Liverdisease, Non-Alcoholic Steatosis Hepatitis (NASH), Haemochromatosis, Cryptogenic levercirrhosis.

Exclusion Criteria

For both healthy controls (population A) as patients (population B):
- proven congenital diseases concerning primary hemostasis (e.g. M. von Willebrand), defects in fibrinolysis, coagulation factor deficiencies (e.g. hemophilia A and B), vasculair defects which leed to higher bleeding risk (e.g. M. Rendu-Osler-Weber).
Patients using medication interfering with primary hemostasis or coagulation. Coagulation factor deficiencies due to malignancies, sepsis or trauma.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Thrombin Generation Curve in PPP (platelet poor plasma) and PRP (platelet rich<br /><br>plasma) using CAT<br /><br>Thrombocyte function test using the Multiplate (aggregometer)<br /><br>Measurement of the fibronolysis pathway by use of the Fibrinolysis ROTEM<br /><br>Measurement of microparticles with influence on the haemostasis.</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Coagulatie parameters<br /><br>o Factor II<br /><br>o Factor VIII<br /><br>o Antitrombin</p><br>
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