Pediatric Liver Database

Medical College of Wisconsin

Status: Completed

Conditions: Liver Transplant; Liver Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00677625

CHW 03/64 HRRC 188-03

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to collect data to examine and characterize the clinical outcomes of pediatric patients diagnosed with any liver disease at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.

Full description

In this study, medical information which is routinely obtained on children with any liver diseases, or children who have had a liver transplant will be entered into a database. No extra tests are done for participating in this study, and no extra visits to the doctor are required. The clinical data collected is then entered into a database and followed longitudinally. The information obtained from this study will help researchers learn more about pediatric liver disease, therefore providing better routine clinical treatment.

Enrollment: 401 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Under 18 years of age
• newly diagnosed with a liver disease, currently listed for liver transplant, or who are being considered for liver transplantation and evaluated
• receive a liver transplant prior to their eighteenth birthday

Exclusion criteria

• Patients decline participation.
• Patients have no liver diseases.

Trial design

401 participants in 1 patient group

Liver Disease (LD)

Description:

These child subjects have some form of liver disease (including those who need a liver transplant) or have already had a liver transplant.