Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Improving Diagnostic Safety Through STeatosis Identification, Risk Stratification, and Referral in the ED

Lead Sponsor:

Northwestern University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Conditions:

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Steatosis of Liver

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Hepatic steatosis is a common radiographic "incidental finding" that is overlooked and underreported to patients. The investigators developed a clinical decision support system using machine learning ...

Detailed Description

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a public health crisis affecting one third of the US adult population. Steatotic liver disease is an obesity related disease with se...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • imaging finding of hepatic steatosis on ED imaging study
  • discharged from the ED to home
  • first Northwestern Medicine ED visit in the study period with a hepatic steatosis finding

Exclusion

  • admitted to the hospital
  • age \< 18
  • pre-existing Liver Disease diagnosis (Liver Cancer, HCV, HBV, Cirrhosis, NAFLD/MASLD/NASH/MASH, Alcohol Liver Disease, PSC, PBC and autoimmune hepatitis)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

July 1 2028

Estimated Enrollment :

4704 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06944353

Start Date

December 1 2025

End Date

July 1 2028

Last Update

December 10 2025

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Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611