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Comparison of ALD, NASH, and Healthy Control Patients

Recruiting
Conditions
ALD - Alcoholic Liver Disease
Interventions
Other: Blood draw
Registration Number
NCT03224949
Lead Sponsor
The Cleveland Clinic
Brief Summary

The availability of biological samples from individuals with alcoholic liver disease (ALD), as well as samples from appropriate heavy drinking, yet healthy controls and non-drinking healthy controls, is an essential first step in the translation of basic research advances to the clinic. The purpose of the Clinical Core component of the P50 Northern Ohio Alcohol Center (NOAC) is to provide biological samples (plasma/serum, buffy coats, and urine) from patients with different stages of alcoholic liver disease, as well as healthy control subjects, to members of the NOAC. These samples can then be used to test specific hypotheses related to the presence of specific biomarkers in the serum, functional immune activity in PBMCs and/or genetic polymorphisms that may predict severity of disease, short- and long-term morbidity and mortality and/or responsivity to specific therapeutic interventions commonly used in clinical practice. This study is building on the established biorepositories and the diversity of outstanding clinical expertise at the Cleveland Clinic. This biorepository included clinical samples (plasma, serum, buffy coats, and urine) from patients with different stages of ALD and subjects who are heavy drinkers without ALD, recruited from the Cleveland Clinic alcohol use disorder treatment clinic. This study will be responsible for collecting more data to help build the CCF-ALD biorepository via subject recruitment and communication and specimen collection.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
500
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Alcoholic cirrhosis with HCCBlood draw-
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)Blood draw-
Healthy controlsBlood draw-
Alcoholic cirrhosis without HCCBlood draw-
Alcoholic hepatitisBlood draw-
Alcoholic steatosisBlood draw-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
BiorepositoryThis is a 5 year study

The goal of this study is to create a biorepository of samples from patients with different types of liver disease compared to each other and healthy controls

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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