300 cirrhosis patients join study to uncover hidden triggers of liver cancer
NCT ID NCT07119957
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is collecting blood, urine, and stool samples from 300 people with cirrhosis to build a biobank. Researchers will later use these samples to understand how factors like nutrition, physical activity, smoking, alcohol, and pollution influence the development of the most common type of liver cancer (HCC). The goal is to identify what pushes some cirrhosis patients toward cancer, which remains largely unknown.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- 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: * Presence of metabolic and/or alcoholic steatotic liver disease, as defined by the new nomenclature (MASLD, ALD, or mixed MetALD) * Liver biopsy performed (less than 2 months ago) or planned as part of treatment for diagnosis of cirrhosis ("Control" group without HCC) or diagnosis of HCC on cirrhosis ("Case" group) * Patient affiliated to or benefiting from a social security scheme * Patient having signed an informed consent to participate in the study (bio-collection) Exclusion Criteria: * Causes of chronic liver disease other than MASLD, ALD, or MetALD * Decompensation of cirrhosis in the two years prior to inclusion (ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, gastrointestinal variceal hemorrhage, liver failure, hepatorenal syndrome) * For the "Control" group: history of hepatocellular carcinoma * Pregnant, breast-feeding or parturient women * Persons deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Angers University Hospital
RECRUITINGAngers, 49000, France
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Centre Eugène Marquis (Oncology center)
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRennes, 35000, France
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Rennes University Hospital, Hepatogastroenteroly Department
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRennes, 35000, France
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Tours University Hospital, HepatoGastroenterology Department
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGTours, 37170, France
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