Can a digital platform catch liver cancer sooner?
NCT ID NCT07820644
First seen Sep 15, 2026 · Last updated Sep 16, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers are studying whether a digital management platform can help diagnose liver cancer at an earlier stage in people with chronic liver disease. The study enrolls adults aged 18 to 75 with conditions such as chronic hepatitis B. The platform tracks patients and guides standardized risk-based follow-up, and the study measures how often liver cancer is found early.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a digital management platform for standardized liver cancer risk tracking
- What this could lead to
- If the platform works, it could help doctors find liver cancer earlier in people with chronic liver disease, when treatment is more likely to succeed.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, so it cannot prove the platform causes earlier diagnosis. People may not follow up regularly, and results from one center may not apply everywhere.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 15,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2026
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
This is a single-arm, observational cohort study. The target liver disease patients include those with chronic hepatitis B virus infection, hepatitis C virus infection, liver cirrhosis, metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) with a liver fibrosis index of F3 or above, alcoholic liver disease, MAFLD with abnormal glucose metabolism, and those with a first-degree family history of hepatocellular carcinoma. Based on the number of such patients at Shenzhen Third People's Hospital within one case year, this study plans to enroll 15,000 subjects.
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Voluntarily participate in the clinical study, fully understand and be informed of this study, sign the informed consent form, be willing to comply with and have the ability to complete all trial procedures. * Age between 18 and 75 years (inclusive) * Enrolled subjects must meet at least one of the following conditions: \[1\] Diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B virus infection via in-hospital or out-of-hospital pathways: Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive for 6 months or more; \[2\] Diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C virus infection via in-hospital or out-of-hospital pathways; \[3\] Subjects with a first-degree family history of hepatocellular carcinoma (first-degree relatives: parents, children, and full siblings);\[4\]Diagnosed with liver cirrhosis via in-hospital or out-of-hospital pathways, and meeting at least one of the following criteria: a) Liver biopsy showing cirrhosis (Ishak score ≥ 5 or Metavir score = 4); b) Liver Stiffness Measurement (LSM) assessed by FibroScan ® (Echosens™, Paris, France) ≥ 12.0 kPa with normal total bilirubin (TB) and ALT ≤ 40 IU/mL, or LSM ≥ 17.0 kPa with normal TB and ALT \< 200 IU/mL; c) Abdominal imaging findings indicative of cirrhosis (i.e., liver with a coarse texture or with echoes or showing nodularity, parenchymal or morphological abnormalities, and signs of gastroesophageal varices); d) APRI score ≥ 2.0; e) FIB-4 index ≥ 3.25; \[5\] Diagnosed with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) via in-hospital or out-of-hospital pathways and with moderate liver fibrosis, specifically defined as a liver fibrosis score of F3 or above based on transient elastography, i.e., FibroScan® LSM ≥ 10 kPa or the corresponding threshold for FibroTouch® \[24\]; or non-invasive liver fibrosis index FIB-4 \> 3.25; or NFS \> 0.67; or APRI \> 1. • The diagnosis of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) requires evidence of \>5% hepatic steatosis based on the Controlled Attenuation Parameter (CAP) from transient elastography, or similar parameters, or liver biopsy, concurrently with at least one of the following three conditions: overweight/obesity (BMI \> 23 kg/m²), type 2 diabetes, or evidence of metabolic dysregulation. \[6\] Diagnosed with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) complicated by glucose metabolism abnormalities via in-hospital or out-of-hospital pathways: a) Glucose metabolism abnormality is defined as type 2 diabetes, or prediabetes indicated by fasting plasma glucose 5.6-6.9 mmol/L, or 2-hour postprandial glucose 7.8-11.0 mmol/L, or glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) 5.7%-6.4% Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 years or \> 75 years * Suffering from severe mental illness or cognitive impairment * Pregnant or breastfeeding patients, or patients planning to become pregnant * Individuals who have participated in another clinical trial within the last 3 months or are currently participating in another clinical trial * Individuals deemed by the physician to have a low likelihood of enrollment (including inability to understand project requirements, poor compliance, frailty, inability to ensure the protocol can be followed as required, etc.), or those whom the physician considers to have other factors making them unsuitable for this trial
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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The places running it
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen
RECRUITINGShenzhen, Guangdong, 518000, China
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