Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 4:03 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 4:03 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00902902
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* A group of patients with no history of liver disease, alcohol consumption less than 40g a week, and no risk factors for viral hepatitis were enrolled from the General Internal Medicine clinics. All subjects in this control group were documented to have normal liver biochemistry.
* Consecutive patients with HCC and patients with HBV \& HCV that were age, gender, and race/ethnicity matched to the HCC patients were enrolled from the Liver Clinic during this period. The diagnosis of HCC was made by histopathology, and if histopathology was not available by two imaging modalities (ultrasound \[US\], magnetic resonance imaging \[MRI\], or computed tomography) showing a vascular enhancing mass \>2cm. HBV infection status was based on hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). HCV infection status was based on serum HCV antibody and HCV-RNA positive.
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
75 Years
Study:
NCT00902902
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00902902