Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Duke University

Code:

NCT00345930

Conditions

Liver Diseases

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 2+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to identify individuals who have suffered a liver injury arising as an idiosyncratic reaction to a prescription drug or a complementary and alternative medicine. Recently added acute cases enrollment that meets criteria to the protocol. Also added Fibroscans to the protocol that will be completed at baseline and follow-up on chronic subjects.

Conditions

Liver Diseases

Study ID

NCT00345930

Start date

Sep, 2004

Status verified date

Apr, 2026

Completion date

Jul 31, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul 31, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 2+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age > 2 years at enrollment into the study.
  • Evidence of liver injury that is known or suspected to be related to consumption of a drug or CAM product in the 6-month period prior to enrollment.
  • Written Informed consent from the patient or the patient's legal guardian.
  • Documented clinically important DILI, defined as any of the following:

1. ALT or AST >5 x ULN or A P'ase >2 x ULN confirmed on at least 2 consecutive blood draws in patients with previously normal values.
2. If baseline (BL) ALT, AST or A P'ase are known to be elevated, then ALT or AST >5 x BL or A P'ase >2 x BL on at least 2 consecutive blood draws. "Baseline" is defined as the average of at least 2 measurements performed during the 12-month period prior to starting the DILI medication.
3. Any elevation of ALT, A P'ase, or AST, associated with (a) increased total bilirubin \[ ≥ 2.5 mg/dL\], in absence of prior diagnosis of liver disease, Gilbert's syndrome, or evidence of hemolysis or (b) coagulopathy with INR > 1.5 in absence of coumadin therapy or known vitamin K deficiency.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients with any of the following will not be eligible for participation:

  • Competing cause of acute liver injury such as hepatic ischemia that is felt by the investigator to be the primary reason for observed liver injury and supported by laboratory tests, serologies, liver biopsy, or radiology.
  • Known, pre-existing autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, or other chronic biliary tract disease which may confound the ability to make a diagnosis of DILI.
  • Acetaminophen hepatotoxicity.
  • Liver/bone marrow transplant prior to the development of drug- or CAM-induced liver injury.

Study Design

Enrollment

4000 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

2

Individuals without drug induced liver disease

1

Individuals with drug induced liver disease

Primary outcome measure

  • Develop a database of recent DILI cases [ Time Frame: July 2028 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

University of Southern California

Recruiting

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033

Contacts

Susan Milstein, RN, BSN

323-224-5441smilstei@usc.edu

Principal Investigator:

Andrew Stolz, MD

Indiana University

Recruiting

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202-5111

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Naga P Chalasani, MD

NIH Clinical Site

Recruiting

Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Christopher Koh, MD

University of Michigan

Recruiting

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109-0362

Contacts

Josefa Kaganove

kaganovj@med.umich.edu

Principal Investigator:

Robert J Fontana, MD

Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Recruiting

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599-7600

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Paul B Watkins, MD

Thomas Jefferson

Recruiting

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19141

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Dina Halegoua-DeMarzio, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Duke University

Last update posted

Apr 8, 2026

Last verified

Apr, 2026

Keywords

  • Complementary and alternative medicine
  • Complementary therapies
  • Alternative therapies
  • Prescription Drugs
  • Non prescription Drugs
  • Liver Disease
  • Chemical Ind
  • Phenotype
  • Proteomics
  • Metabolomics
  • Cholestatic Liver Injury
  • Hepatocellular Liver Injury
  • Mixed Liver Injury
  • Matched Case Control Studies
  • Genotype
  • Liver Dis
  • Chem Ind

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Duke University on 2026-04-08.