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CompletedNCT05100485Updated Apr 25, 2023

Algorithm to Stratify Clinical Decompensation Risk in Patients With Compensated Advanced Chronic Liver Disease (CHESS2108)

An observational study in Compensated Advanced Chronic Liver Disease, sponsored by Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Institute of Gansu Province. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-04-25.

Sponsored by Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Institute of Gansu Province · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
1,000
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Compensated advanced chronic liver disease (cACLD) commonly indicates severe fibrosis and compensated cirrhosis at risk of developing clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH) and hepatic decompensation. The presence of CSPH (defined as hepatic venous pressure gradient [HVPG] ≥ 10 mmHg) is the strongest predictor of hepatic decompensation. However, HVPG measurement is invasive, operator dependent, and not widely available. According to the 2021 updated EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines, cACLD patients who did not meet the Baveno VI criteria but had any of the two variables (LSM > 20 kPa or PLT \< 150 × 109/L) were suggested to perform screening endoscopy and HVPG measurement. However, the number of cACLD patients with unfavorable Baveno VI status is huge, no detailed risk stratifications existed at this timepoint. This study intended to investigate a novel algorithm to stratify the decompensation risk in patients with cACLD.

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Compensated advanced chronic liver disease (cACLD) commonly indicates severe fibrosis and compensated cirrhosis at risk of developing clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH) and hepatic decompensation. The presence of CSPH (defined as hepatic venous pressure gradient [HVPG] ≥ 10 mmHg) is the strongest predictor of hepatic decompensation. However, HVPG measurement is invasive, operator dependent, and not widely available. According to the 2021 updated EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines, cACLD patients who did not meet the Baveno VI criteria but had any of the two variables (LSM > 20 kPa or PLT \< 150 × 109/L) were suggested to perform screening endoscopy and HVPG measurement. However, the number of cACLD patients with unfavorable Baveno VI status is huge, no detailed risk stratifications existed at this timepoint. This international multicenter cohort study intended to investigate a novel algorithm to stratify the decompensation risk in patients with cACLD.

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Conditions studied

  • Compensated Advanced Chronic Liver Disease

Keywords

  • liver stiffness
  • platelets
  • portal hypertension
  • varices
  • compensated advanced chronic liver disease
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In context

Hypertension, Portal

345 studies on the registry are indexed under Hypertension, Portal; 110 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 1,000 is above the median of 151 across 128 observational studies indexed under Hypertension, Portal.

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Lead sponsor

Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Institute of Gansu Province is the lead sponsor of 44 studies on the registry; 8 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

This is an international, multicenter cohort study initialed by Portal Hypertension Alliance in China (CHESS) and eligible patients will enroll from China, Japan, Southern Korea, Egypt, Singapore, and India.

Eligibility criteria

Training and Validation cohort

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. age above or equal to 18-year-old,
  2. fulfilled diagnosis of cACLD based on radiological, histological features of severe fibrosis or cirrhosis according to the Baveno VI consensus.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. prior hepatic decompensation,
  2. hepatocellular carcinoma,
  3. prior liver transplantation,
  4. portal vein thrombosis,
  5. antiplatelet or anticoagulation,
  6. without screening endoscopy within six months of transient elastography,
  7. alcoholic cirrhosis with significant ongoing alcohol intake,
  8. presence of gastric varix,
  9. incomplete follow-up data.

HVPG cohort.

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. age above or equal to 18-year-old,
  2. fulfilled diagnosis of cACLD based on radiological, histological features of severe fibrosis or cirrhosis according to the Baveno VI consensus.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. prior hepatic decompensation,
  2. hepatocellular carcinoma,
  3. prior liver transplantation,
  4. portal vein thrombosis,
  5. antiplatelet or anticoagulation,
  6. without screening endoscopy within six months of transient elastography,
  7. alcoholic cirrhosis with significant ongoing alcohol intake,
  8. presence of gastric varix,
  9. non-sinusoidal portal hypertension.
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
1,000 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Training cohort

    Training cohort was used to developement the new algorithm for predicting liver decompensation.

    Diagnostic Test: Esophagogasrtoduodendoscopy

  • Validation cohort

    Validation cohort was used to test the performance of the new algorithm in predicting liver decompensation.

    Diagnostic Test: Esophagogasrtoduodendoscopy

  • HVPG cohort

    HVPG cohort, a cross-section cohort was used to study the diagnostic value of novel score for clinically significant portal hypertension.

    Diagnostic Test: Esophagogasrtoduodendoscopy · Diagnostic Test: Hepatic venous pressure gradient

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testEsophagogasrtoduodendoscopy

    Esophagogasrtoduodendoscopy was used to detech the presence of varices.

  • Diagnostic testHepatic venous pressure gradient

    A method used to eveluate the portal pressure

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Accuracy of a novel algorithm for predicting liver decompensation.

    Aims to investigate the accuracy of the novel algorithm to stratify decompensation risk in patients with cACLD.

    Time frame: 3 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. The accuracy of the novel alogrithm for predicting clinically significant portal hypertension.

    HVPG cohort was used to evaluate the accuracy of the novel alogrithm for predicting clinically significant portal hypertension.

    Time frame: 1 years

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Study locations

1 site
  • Zhongda Hospital
    Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, China
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References and documents

Publications

  • Qi X, Berzigotti A, Cardenas A, Sarin SK. Emerging non-invasive approaches for diagnosis and monitoring of portal hypertension. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Oct;3(10):708-719. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(18)30232-2. PubMed 30215362 ↗
  • de Franchis R; Baveno VI Faculty. Expanding consensus in portal hypertension: Report of the Baveno VI Consensus Workshop: Stratifying risk and individualizing care for portal hypertension. J Hepatol. 2015 Sep;63(3):743-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2015.05.022. Epub 2015 Jun 3. No abstract available. PubMed 26047908 ↗
  • Villanueva C, Albillos A, Genesca J, Garcia-Pagan JC, Calleja JL, Aracil C, Banares R, Morillas RM, Poca M, Penas B, Augustin S, Abraldes JG, Alvarado E, Torres F, Bosch J. beta blockers to prevent decompensation of cirrhosis in patients with clinically significant portal hypertension (PREDESCI): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial. Lancet. 2019 Apr 20;393(10181):1597-1608. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31875-0. Epub 2019 Mar 22. PubMed 30910320 ↗
  • European Association for the Study of the Liver. EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on non-invasive tests for evaluation of liver disease severity and prognosis - 2021 update. J Hepatol. 2021 Sep;75(3):659-689. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.05.025. Epub 2021 Jun 21. PubMed 34166721 ↗
  • Albilllos A, Garcia-Tsao G. Classification of cirrhosis: the clinical use of HVPG measurements. Dis Markers. 2011;31(3):121-8. doi: 10.3233/DMA-2011-0834. PubMed 22045397 ↗
  • Ripoll C, Groszmann R, Garcia-Tsao G, Grace N, Burroughs A, Planas R, Escorsell A, Garcia-Pagan JC, Makuch R, Patch D, Matloff DS, Bosch J; Portal Hypertension Collaborative Group. Hepatic venous pressure gradient predicts clinical decompensation in patients with compensated cirrhosis. Gastroenterology. 2007 Aug;133(2):481-8. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.05.024. Epub 2007 May 21. PubMed 17681169 ↗
  • Bosch J, Abraldes JG, Berzigotti A, Garcia-Pagan JC. The clinical use of HVPG measurements in chronic liver disease. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009 Oct;6(10):573-82. doi: 10.1038/nrgastro.2009.149. Epub 2009 Sep 1. PubMed 19724251 ↗
  • Thabut D, Bureau C, Layese R, Bourcier V, Hammouche M, Cagnot C, Marcellin P, Guyader D, Pol S, Larrey D, De Ledinghen V, Ouzan D, Zoulim F, Roulot D, Tran A, Bronowicki JP, Zarski JP, Goria O, Cales P, Peron JM, Alric L, Bourliere M, Mathurin P, Blanc JF, Abergel A, Serfaty L, Mallat A, Grange JD, Attali P, Bacq Y, Wartelle-Bladou C, Dao T, Pilette C, Silvain C, Christidis C, Capron D, Bernard-Chabert B, Hillaire S, Di Martino V, Sutton A, Audureau E, Roudot-Thoraval F, Nahon P; ANRS CO12 CirVir group. Validation of Baveno VI Criteria for Screening and Surveillance of Esophageal Varices in Patients With Compensated Cirrhosis and a Sustained Response to Antiviral Therapy. Gastroenterology. 2019 Mar;156(4):997-1009.e5. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2018.11.053. Epub 2019 Feb 13. PubMed 30768988 ↗
  • Abraldes JG, Bureau C, Stefanescu H, Augustin S, Ney M, Blasco H, Procopet B, Bosch J, Genesca J, Berzigotti A; Anticipate Investigators. Noninvasive tools and risk of clinically significant portal hypertension and varices in compensated cirrhosis: The "Anticipate" study. Hepatology. 2016 Dec;64(6):2173-2184. doi: 10.1002/hep.28824. Epub 2016 Oct 27. PubMed 27639071 ↗
  • Chen RC, Cai YJ, Wu JM, Wang XD, Song M, Wang YQ, Zheng MH, Chen YP, Lin Z, Shi KQ. Usefulness of albumin-bilirubin grade for evaluation of long-term prognosis for hepatitis B-related cirrhosis. J Viral Hepat. 2017 Mar;24(3):238-245. doi: 10.1111/jvh.12638. Epub 2016 Nov 14. PubMed 27862671 ↗

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 25, 2023, 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
NCT05100485
Lead sponsor
Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Institute of Gansu Province
Collaborators
Tianjin Second People's Hospital, The Third People's Hospital of Taiyuan, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Hyogo Medical University, Zagazig University, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), Changi General Hospital, Ruijin Hospital
Responsible party
Xiaolong Qi (Prof., Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Institute of Gansu Province) — Principal investigator
First posted
Oct 29, 2021
Start date
Jan 1, 2022
Primary completion
Jan 1, 2023
Completion
Jan 1, 2023
Last update
Apr 25, 2023

Study contacts

Xiaolong Qi, MD
study chair · Lanzhou University First Affiliated Hospital
Qing Xie, MD
principal investigator · Shanghai Jiao Tong university affiliated Ruijin Hospital
Jia Li, MD
principal investigator · Tianjin Second People's Hospital
Yu Jun Wong, MD
principal investigator · Changi General Hospital
Masashi Hirooka, MD
principal investigator · Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine
Hirayuki Enomoto, MD
principal investigator · Hyogo Medical University
Tae Hyung Kim, MD
principal investigator · Korea UniversityAnsan Hospital
Amr Shaaban Hanafy, MD
principal investigator · Zagazig University
Ying Guo, MD
principal investigator · The Third People's Hospital of Taiyuan
Shiv Sarin, MD
principal investigator · Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS)

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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