Comparison of ALD, NASH, and Healthy Control Patients

NCT ID: NCT03224949

Last Updated: 2025-12-01

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

500 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-06-19

Study Completion Date

2028-09-30

Brief Summary

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The availability of biological samples from individuals with alcoholic liver disease (ALD), as well as samples from appropriate heavy drinking, yet healthy controls and non-drinking healthy controls, is an essential first step in the translation of basic research advances to the clinic. The purpose of the Clinical Core component of the P50 Northern Ohio Alcohol Center (NOAC) is to provide biological samples (plasma/serum, buffy coats, and urine) from patients with different stages of alcoholic liver disease, as well as healthy control subjects, to members of the NOAC. These samples can then be used to test specific hypotheses related to the presence of specific biomarkers in the serum, functional immune activity in PBMCs and/or genetic polymorphisms that may predict severity of disease, short- and long-term morbidity and mortality and/or responsivity to specific therapeutic interventions commonly used in clinical practice. This study is building on the established biorepositories and the diversity of outstanding clinical expertise at the Cleveland Clinic. This biorepository included clinical samples (plasma, serum, buffy coats, and urine) from patients with different stages of ALD and subjects who are heavy drinkers without ALD, recruited from the Cleveland Clinic alcohol use disorder treatment clinic. This study will be responsible for collecting more data to help build the CCF-ALD biorepository via subject recruitment and communication and specimen collection.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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ALD - Alcoholic Liver Disease

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Healthy controls

Blood draw

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients will have a one time blood draw

Alcoholic hepatitis

Blood draw

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients will have a one time blood draw

Alcoholic steatosis

Blood draw

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients will have a one time blood draw

Alcoholic cirrhosis without HCC

Blood draw

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients will have a one time blood draw

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)

Blood draw

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients will have a one time blood draw

Alcoholic cirrhosis with HCC

Blood draw

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients will have a one time blood draw

Interventions

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Blood draw

Patients will have a one time blood draw

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Fat accumulation (Steatosis) without signs of fibrosis/ inflammation in patients with alcohol abuse (alcohol intake \>60 g/day in men and \>40 g/day in women)
* Abnormal liver serum tests indicative of liver disease (elevated AST\>ALT, y-glutamyl transpeptidase and bilirubin) .

Alcoholic Hepatitis with Mild Fibrosis

Inclusion

* Steatosis plus hepatocellular damage (presence of Mallory bodies and hepatocellular ballooning)
* Polymorphonuclear infiltrate
* Fibrosis stage 1-2

Alcoholic Hepatitis with Advanced Fibrosis

Inclusion

* Steatosis plus hepatocellular damage (presence of Mallory bodies and hepatocellular ballooning)
* Polymorphonuclear infiltrate
* Fibrosis stage 3-4.

Alcoholic Cirrhosis

Inclusion

* Fibrosis stage 4
* Presence of complications of cirrhosis such as esophageal varices with our without a previous episode of bleeding, splenomegaly, ascites, hepatic corroborate the diagnosis of cirrhosis.

Alcoholic Cirrhosis with HCC

Inclusion

-Diagnostic criteria of cirrhosis and established HCC. The diagnosis of HCC will be established based on histological confirmation or contrast-enhanced radiographic imaging according to the AASLD recommendations.

Exclusion

* BMI\>35
* HBV
* Hemochromatosis
* Wilson's disease
* Autoimmune hepatitis
* Drug-inducted liver disease
* Hepatitis C
* Antitrypsin deficiency
* Patients who do not sign informed consent.

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

Inclusion -Biopsy proven NASH and chronic liver disease due to HCV patients.

Exclusion

* Cancer
* Diabetes
* Hypertension
* CAD or stroke
* Past history of liver disease
* Hepatitis C
* Antitrypsin deficiency
* Alcohol consumption of less than 7 drinks per week for women and less than 14 drinks per week for men
* BMI \>35.

Healthy controls

Inclusion

-AUDIT-C score less than 4 in men and less than 3 in women.

Exclusion

* Cancer (except of non-melanoma skin cancer)
* Diabetes
* Hypertension
* Hypercholesterolemia
* Coronary artery disease or stroke
* History of current or past liver disease of any etiology
* BMI \>27Kg/m2
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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The Cleveland Clinic

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Srinivasan Dasarathy

Staff Physician

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Srinivisan Dasarathy, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Staff

Locations

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Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Annette Bellar, MSLA

Role: CONTACT

216-636-5247

Revathi Penumatsa, MD

Role: CONTACT

216 445-0688

Facility Contacts

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Annette Bellar, BS

Role: primary

216-636-5247

Megan Villareal, BS

Role: backup

216-636-5247

References

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Helsley RN, Miyata T, Kadam A, Varadharajan V, Sangwan N, Huang EC, Banerjee R, Brown AL, Fung KK, Massey WJ, Neumann C, Orabi D, Osborn LJ, Schugar RC, McMullen MR, Bellar A, Poulsen KL, Kim A, Pathak V, Mrdjen M, Anderson JT, Willard B, McClain CJ, Mitchell M, McCullough AJ, Radaeva S, Barton B, Szabo G, Dasarathy S, Garcia-Garcia JC, Rotroff DM, Allende DS, Wang Z, Hazen SL, Nagy LE, Brown JM. Gut microbial trimethylamine is elevated in alcohol-associated hepatitis and contributes to ethanol-induced liver injury in mice. Elife. 2022 Jan 27;11:e76554. doi: 10.7554/eLife.76554.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35084335 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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17-718

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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