Gut bacteria may hold key to liver disease mysteries
NCT ID NCT06519162
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at the gut bacteria of 3000 adults with chronic liver diseases like autoimmune hepatitis and fatty liver. Researchers want to find specific bacteria linked to each disease to better understand how the gut and liver interact. This is an observational study, not a treatment trial, so participants continue their usual care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 3,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2029
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
Patients( Autoimmune liver diseases (Autoimmune hepatitis, Primary biliary cholangitis, Primary sclerosing cholangitis), Metabolic liver diseases (Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) Infectious liver diseases (Liver abscess) \- their cohabitant
- Ages
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19 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Adults aged 19 years and older diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, or liver abscess, who have consented to participate in this study at Chungnam National University Hospital. * Adults aged 19 years and older, who are cohabitants of patients diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, or liver abscess, and have consented to participate in this study at Chungnam National University Hospital. B. Exclusion Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals under the age of 19. * Patients or guardians who do not consent to participate in the study
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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
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Chungnam National University Hospita
RECRUITINGDaejeon, Jung-gu, 35015, South Korea
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