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Development and Validation of a Screening Score for the Biliary Atresia in Infantile Cholestasis: A Prospective Study

An observational study in Biliary Atresia, Neonatal Cholestasis and Infantile Hepatitis Syndrome, sponsored by Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 1 Day to 3 Months, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-12-28.

Sponsored by Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Dec 2025, 10 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Jun 2014; still recruiting 12 years 5 months later.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
400
Ages
1 Day to 3 Months
Sex
All
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Study summary

Better survival and prognosis of biliary atresia (BA) depend on early diagnosis and timely Kasai portoenterostomy. Identifying BA from other causes of infantile cholestasis at early stage of the disease still remains a major challenge. In this study, the investigators aim to develop and validate a scoring system to screen BA in infants with cholestasis.

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Conditions studied

  • Biliary Atresia
  • Neonatal Cholestasis
  • Infantile Hepatitis Syndrome

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In context

Biliary Atresia

77 studies on the registry are indexed under Biliary Atresia; 25 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 400 is above the median of 123 across 32 observational studies indexed under Biliary Atresia.

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Lead sponsor

Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine is the lead sponsor of 225 studies on the registry; 55 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
1 Day to 3 Months
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

infants with cholestasis inclduing biliary atresia

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Inclusion criteria

Clinical diagnosis of neonatal cholestasis Age at first visit less than 90 days after birth

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

Severe congenital malformation Subjects with missing data

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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
400 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • derivation cohort

    Diagnostic Test: biliary atresia screen score

  • validation cohort

    Diagnostic Test: biliary atresia screen score

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testbiliary atresia screen score

    The investigators aim to develop a scoring system according to clinical, laboratory, imaging features of biliary atresia in the derivation dataset and tested in the validation datasets.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Development and Validation a Screening Score for the biliary atresia in infantile cholestasis

    Developed a scoring system according to clinical, laboratory, imaging features of BA and test it in the clinical work. The score system might including clay stool, γ-glutamyl transpeptadase, the results of ultrasound and subscales selected for logistic regression. The total score would sum all the subscales up.The investigators grade the patients with the cholestasis screen score to identify patients with biliary atresia. Patients with score ≤ 15 points considered to be the low-risk group, and patients with risk score \> 15 points considered the high-risk group, and the score model has no maximum or minimum value.

    Time frame: 1 weeks

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Xin Hua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
    Shanghai, Shanghai 200092, China
    Recruiting
    • Yongjun Zhang, doctor · Contact
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided — The investigators plan to share all the individual participant data information available to our cooperative hospitals through emails

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 28, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03842150
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 15, 2019
Start date
Jun 1, 2014
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 28, 2022

Study contacts

Yongjun Zhang, doctor
Contact
zhangyongjun@sjtu.edu.cn
+8602125078310

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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