Status:

UNKNOWN

Differential Gene Expression of Liver Tissue and Blood From Individuals With Chronic Viral Hepatitis

Lead Sponsor:

University Health Network, Toronto

Conditions:

Hepatitis C

Hepatitis B

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-85 years

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research is to study body materials like blood proteins as well as white blood cell and liver cellular RNA in individuals with liver diseases such as chronic viral hepatitis with o...

Detailed Description

The objective of this study is to identify genes that are specifically up or down regulated in chronic viral hepatitis and autoimmune liver disease and then to examine how these expression patterns re...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • patients who have a liver biopsy as standard of care and are diagnosed with either:
  • patients attending Liver Clinic at Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Hepatitis C
  • Hepatitis B
  • Autoimmune Hepatitis
  • Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
  • Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    February 1 2002

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    End Date :

    Estimated Enrollment :

    200 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00160940

    Start Date

    February 1 2002

    Last Update

    December 1 2005

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    Liver Clinic, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada