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HCC Surveillance: Comparison of Abbreviated Non-contrast MRI and Ultrasound Surveillance in Cirrhotic Patients With Suboptimal Ultrasound Visualisation
All international guidelines recommend 6-monthly ultrasound surveillance for patients at risk for liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma or HCC), such as patients with cirrhosis. The aim of surveillance is to detect HCC at an early stage when it is still potentially curable. Currently only 4 out of 10 HCCs are detected at the early stage.
Ultrasound surveillance for HCC has a wide ranging sensitivity, dependent on many factors such as operator experience, patient body habitus and liver parenchymal heterogeneity due to chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. In a select group of patients, surveillance ultrasound can be suboptimal or near non-diagnostic. Currently no guideline offers an alternative surveillance tool for patients who have suboptimal surveillance ultrasounds.
Study details:
The investigators plan to conduct a prospective study to examine the diagnostic performance of abbreviated non-contrast MRI (aNC-MRI) versus ultrasound, in a select group of cirrhotic patients with poor ultrasound visualisation.
Eligibility criteria
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Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
Eligibility
Age eligible for study : 20 and older
Healthy volunteers accepted : No
Gender eligible for study: All
Things to know
Study dates
Study start: 2022-01-01
Primary completion: 2026-12-01
Study completion finish: 2027-03-01
Study type
SCREENING
Phase
NA
Trial ID
NCT04455932
Intervention or treatment
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST: Abbreviated non-contrast MRI of the liver
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST: Ultrasound surveillance
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST: Multiphase contrast-enhanced liver MRI
Conditions
- • Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- • HCC
Find a site
Closest Location:
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Research sites nearby
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Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Concord Repatriation General Hospital
Concord, New South Wales, Australia
Prince of Wales Hospital
Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
Westmead Hospital
Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
---|---|
EXPERIMENTAL: HCC surveillance with US and aNC-MRI
| DIAGNOSTIC_TEST: Abbreviated non-contrast MRI of the liver
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What is the study measuring?
Primary outcome
Primary Outcome Measure | Primary Outcome Description | Primary Outcome Time Frame |
---|---|---|
HCC detection with US surveillance versus aNC-MRI surveillance | The detection of hepatic malignancy on the two modalities will be compared * Sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV of HCC detection with US surveillance vs aNC-MRI surveillance * Correlation with diagnostic imaging (multiphase CT or MRI) and/or histopathology as a reference standard For the diagnosis of HCC we will accept * Imaging diagnosis based on the Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) * Any pathological proof on biopsy or excision The HCC will then be staged based on the Barcelona clinic liver cancer (BCLC) staging system For the diagnosis of non-HCC hepatic malignancy we will accept * Imaging diagnosis based on the Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) * Any pathological proof on biopsy or excision | 3 or 5 years |
Secondary outcome
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