The HepQuant SHUNT Test for Monitoring Liver Disease and Treatment Effects by Measuring Liver Function and Physiology

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The HepQuant study is to run parallel to the Gilead clinical trials,GS-US-416-2124 trial of Alcoholic Hepatitis, GS-US-384-1943 trial of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) fibrosis Stage 3 (STELLAR-3), and, GS-US-384-1944 trial of NASH and compensated cirrhosis (STELLAR-4). The time points for the...

The HepQuant study is to run parallel to the Gilead clinical trials,GS-US-416-2124 trial of Alcoholic Hepatitis, GS-US-384-1943 trial of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) fibrosis Stage 3 (STELLAR-3), and, GS-US-384-1944 trial of NASH and compensated cirrhosis (STELLAR-4). The time points for the HepQuant SHUNT tests coincide with pre-specified time points within the Gilead clinical trials. Subjects enrolled in GILEAD's STELLAR and Alcoholic hepatitis trials may participate concurrently in this HepQuant sponsored investigational device study at participating US sites only (IDEs as listed above) once approved by the applicable IRB/IEC. The main eligibility criteria for enrollment into the HepQuant study is enrollment into one of the three Gilead clinical trials listed above. The HepQuant SHUNT Test is minimally-invasive and measures hepatocyte function and inflow to the liver from the simultaneous clearances (hepatic filtration rates, HFRs) of cholate from systemic and portal circulations. The Test quantifies portal-systemic shunting (SHUNT) and generates a liver disease severity index (DSI). DSI is a score from 0 (no disease) to 50 (terminal illness) that is a composite of both HFRs and correlates with stage of fibrosis, presence of varices, especially large varices, and risk for future clinical outcomes. DSI is the primary output variable from the HepQuant SHUNT test. The HepQuant SHUNT test potentially satisfies the unmet medical need for a minimally-invasive test of global liver function and physiology

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