Effect of Thoracic Diameter and Food Intake on Fibroscan® Results: Comparison of the S - and M-probes
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 53
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Liver stiffness
研究概览
简要总结
The study aims to deliver scientific data regarding the accuracy of the two different-sized Fibroscan® probes on patients with different thoracic diameter to gain more knowledge of the handling and measuring quality of the Fibroscan® as a diagnostic device and also to see if one probe is enough to measure a wider spectrum of patients leading to cost reduction for equipment such as additional probes.
Furthermore the study aims to analyze the effect of food intake on liver-stiffness measurements with the S-probe on children to shorten fasting periods. It is hypothesized that the fasting periods before a Fibroscan® measurement may be shortened, which is of special importance in smaller children.
详细描述
The Fibroscan® (Echosens, France) is an ultrasound-based, non-invasive and non-painful diagnostic device which also has no complications and can be repeated easily to measure liver-stiffness by transient elastography. The company's device was first released and put on the market in 2003. The device can measure liver stiffness and liver fat content (controlled attenuation parameter CAP).
It is used for the identification and graduation of liver pathologies such as fibrosis and cirrhosis and it can be used on adults and children alike. Therefore patients with chronic liver diseases such as hepatitis C, hepatitis B, alcoholic liver disease as well as metabolic steatohepatitis and different biliary diseases can be examined with it.
Currently the standard procedure for grading fibrosis and cirrhosis still is the liver biopsy, however studies have compared the two procedures in context with different liver conditions like non-alcoholic fatty liver disease or hepatitis C and partially demonstrated that in terms of measuring liver-stiffness the Fibroscan® can rival the liver biopsy.
Usually the Fibroscan® measurements are performed using different probes that vary in frequency and penetration depth depending on the thoracic diameter of the patient. These probes are then applied in an intercostal space on the right side on the level of the liver.
The company Echosens that is producing the currently used model of the Fibroscan® alongside its different-sized probes claims that their S-sized probe is to be used for patients with a thoracic diameter below 75 cm and that their M-sized probe for patients above 75 cm diameter because otherwise the results would not be accurate. The company claims that using the M-sized probe on a patient with a thoracic diameter below 75 cm would cause wrong measurements. However, there is no data or studies that actually have compared the S- and the M- probe to each other and therefore the accuracy of the statement from Echosens is scientifically yet to be confirmed. So far only data on comparison of the M and XL-probe have been published.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Diagnostic
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 9 Years 至 —（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Age > 18 for the adult Population
- •Age 11-18 for the paediatric population
- •Informed consent
- •No history of liver disease
- •Thoracic diameter >45 cm
排除标准
- •Acute or chronic liver disease
- •Any other disease or circumstance that may impact on the result of the study
结局指标
主要结局
Liver stiffness
时间窗: baseline
Comparison of liver stiffness measurements at baseline with M- and S- probe
次要结局
- Liver fat content(120 minutes)
- Liver stiffness(120 minutes)