Scientists launch Largest-Ever study of mysterious gallstone disease
NCT ID NCT05961826
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study follows 650 children and adults with LPAC syndrome, a rare condition that causes repeated gallstones even after gallbladder removal. Researchers will collect medical history, lab results, and imaging data over 5 years to describe the disease's full range of symptoms and outcomes. Participants complete a quality-of-life questionnaire yearly. No new treatments are tested; the goal is to better understand the disease.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 650 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2017
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
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.
Who is studied
This study concerns all prevalent and incident patients who meet the standard or extended diagnostic criteria for LPAC syndrome, whatever the existing genetic data concerning ABCB4, or who have been referred as having a mutation in the ABCB4 gene in a clinical context of biliary lithiasis.
- Ages
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13 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: * Children or adults meeting the standard\* or extended\*\* diagnostic criteria for LPAC syndrome: 1. First symptoms before the age of 40 years 2. Radiological images compatible with the existence of intrahepatic lithiasis 3. Recurrence of symptoms after cholecystectomy (\*) standard criteria: symptomatic biliary lithiasis with at least 2 out of 3 criteria (\*\*) extended criteria: symptomatic biliary lithiasis with 1 out of 3 criteria Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have undergone liver transplantation
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Hospitalier Annecy Genevois
Annecy, France
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Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Aix-Pertuis
Aix-en-Provence, France
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Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil
Créteil, France
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Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien
Corbeil-Essonnes, France
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Centre hospitalier régional d'Orléans
Orléans, France
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Hôpital Avicenne
Bobigny, France
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Hôpital Beaujon
Clichy, France
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Hôpital Charles Nicolle
Rouen, France
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Hôpital Civil
Strasbourg, France
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Hôpital Claude Huriez
Lille, France
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Hôpital Côte de Nacre
Caen, France
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Hôpital François Mitterrand
Dijon, France
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Hôpital Haut-Lévêque
Bordeaux, France
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Hôpital Jean Bernard
Poitiers, France
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Hôpital Michallon
Grenoble, France
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Hôpital Paul Brousse
Villejuif, France
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Hôpital Rangueil
Toulouse, France
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Hôpital Robert Debré
Reims, France
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Hôpital Saint Camille
Bry-sur-Marne, France
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Hôpital Saint-Antoine
Paris, France
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Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse
Lyon, France