The purpose of this study is to create a de-identified, public use,
repository of data of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
patients with by Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), a rare genetic
condition that can cause COPD and emphysema.
This investigator-initiated research study supported by a pilot grant from MUSC-Siemens research collaboration, aims to test the feasibility and reproducibility of Ultrasound Shear wave elastography as a point of care tool in screening for hepatic fibrosis and steatosis in children 9-17 years of age with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
This Phase 2b study is a randomized, double-blind, parallel-arm, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate safety and efficacy of Saroglitazar Magnesium 2 mg and Saroglitazar Magnesium 4 mg compared with placebo in subjects with NASH. Subjects will be randomized 1:1:1 to receive Saroglitazar Magnesium 4 mg, Saroglitazar Magnesium 2 mg, or placebo via IVRS/IWRS. Total duration of the study will be up to 89 weeks including two screening visits (12 weeks), randomization and double-blind treatment phase (76 weeks), and a safety follow-up of 1 week after the last administration of study drug. Subjects will be evaluated at the study site for 14 scheduled visits. During the course of the study subjects will have 2 liver biopsies and 6 transient elastography/FibroScan performed to monitor liver fibrosis.
This is an Open-label Extension Phase 3 Study to determine whether a study drug called maralixibat is safe and effective in treating itchy skin (pruritus) in children with Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC). There is currently no treatment approved for PFIC and available medical approaches have limited success.
Open label means both the investigators and the subjects are aware of the drug or treatment being given
A Phase 3 study is large scale trial to confirm and expand information on safety and usefulness of a new drug.
Subjects who participate in this study will receive the study drug. The dose of the study drug will be gradually increased during the study up to a tolerable dose . Subjects will continue to take the medication for about 26 months. Subjects will have approximately 16 study visits over 26 months in this study. Subjects will also be asked questions about health and complete questionnaires at the study visits and as well as at home. A Physical exam and Liver ultrasound will be performed at some study visits. A blood and urine sample will also be collected at some of the study visits.
It is possible that the maralixibat may or may not improve symptoms from PFIC. Even if there is no benefit, other children may benefit from what is learned in this study.
The primary purpose of this registry is to evaluate the feasibility and clinical validation of LiverCare in liver transplant recipients, as part of post-transplant surveillance. LiverCare is an investigational panel test that includes 6 components: 1. AlloSure Liver 2. AlloMap Liver 3. AlloHeme Liver 4. iBox Liver 5. HistoMap Liver 6. AlloID. AlloSure Liver is a research test used to measure donor-derived cell free DNA in Liver transplant recipients. AlloMap Liver is a research gene expression profile test using peripheral blood to establish immune activity and is currently undergoing clinical evaluation and development. iBox Liver is an analytic platform that predicts organ outcomes after transplant using a software algorithm based on information from your medical records and is currently undergoing clinical evaluation and development. AlloHeme Liver is a diagnostic test to measure donor and recipient DNA in the blood. HistoMap Liver is a tissue-based gene expression test using tissue collected from standard of care biopsies to establish immune profiles within the organ and is currently undergoing clinical evaluation and development. AlloID is a blood test that will quantify the presence of more than 100 pathogens including standard post-transplant infectious disease screening such as Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), adenovirus, Human Herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and viral hepatitis.
The purpose of this study is to find out about the safety and effectiveness of a study medicine (AXA1665) is at reducing the risk of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) in people with scarring of the liver who have had HE before. The study will take approximately 32 weeks to complete, with study visits approximately every 6 weeks.
There is a new investigational drug called DUR-928. This study is being done to see if this investigational drug helps in the treatment of Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH).
The hope is that the use of DUR-928 will lead to lowering the MELD (Model for end-stage liver disease) score, some other liver blood tests, and then other symptoms of AH may get better.
This is an experimental drug trial to study a new drug, elafibranor, in patients with Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC). The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of daily oral 80mg elafibranor for 52 weeks on the treatment of cholestasis (impairment of bile formation and/or bile buildup) in patients with PBC. Elafibranor is a medicine being developed by Genfit Pharmaceuticals that is designed to work differently than any other available medications for PBC. In addition to decreasing bile acid formation, increasing bile acid uptake, and detoxifying bile acids like medications that work similarly to elafibranor, elafibranor additionally has anti-inflammatory effects that Genfit believes will provide additional health benefits to patients with PBC.
Persons interested in participation will need to complete at least 1, but no more than 3, Screening Visits at the Main Campus of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, SC in order to determine eligibility. If enrolled, you will have up to 21 study visits with the study doctor at MUSC over a period of at least 52 weeks (1 year) and up to a maximum of 312 weeks (6 years). At study visits you will be asked to complete up to 7 study-related questionnaires and complete any study-related testing such as physical exams, medical imaging, lab work (such as blood or urine tests), etc.
The purpose of this study is to find out about the safety and effectiveness of a study medicine (VK2809) in study subjects with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with fibrosis. The study will take approximately 64 weeks to complete, with study (clinic) visits approximately every 4 weeks.
The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the efficacy of BIV201 continuous infusion with SOC compared to SOC alone in adult patients with refractory ascites secondary to decompensated hepatic cirrhosis.
Cirrhotic patients with refractory ascites have a very poor prognosis and suffer from complications due to the continuous buildup of ascites fluid in their abdomens. There are currently no approved pharmacological treatments for refractory ascites and first-line standard of care is limited to repeated mechanical removal by paracentesis, with liver transplantation the only definitive treatment. The vasoconstrictor terlipressin, which is not yet approved in the United States, reduces splanchnic vasodilation associated with portal hypertension in cirrhotics and can lead to a decrease in ascites.
This exploratory dose-titration trial is designed to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of BIV201 continuous infusion on ascites recurrence and clinical complications of decompensated cirrhosis with refractory ascites, and to explore the hypothesis that if ascites recurrence or accumulation is reduced during the intervention period, consisting of two 28-day treatment periods separated by a wash-out
interval, there will be a better clinical outcome (reduction in complications) long-term over 180 days than in those treated with SOC alone