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Usual Care for Liver Cancer

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Shivan Mehta, MD
Research Sponsored by University of Pennsylvania
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Patients who are 18+ years old
Current diagnosis of cirrhosis or advanced fibrosis
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 6 months
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is testing whether opt-out framing and financial incentives can encourage patients with liver cirrhosis to get regular surveillance ultrasounds, which may help diagnose hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) earlier and improve outcomes.

Eligible Conditions
  • Liver Cancer
  • Liver Cirrhosis

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~6 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 6 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
HCC Screening Completion
Secondary outcome measures
HCC Screening Method

Trial Design

3Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Usual CareExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Standard of care
Group II: Opt-out + IncentiveExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Facilitated outreach and opt-out framing plus a financial incentive
Group III: Opt-outExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Facilitated outreach and opt-out framing
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Usual care
2011
Completed Phase 4
~24610
Opt-out
2020
N/A
~620
Opt-out + Incentive
2020
N/A
~620

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of PennsylvaniaLead Sponsor
1,992 Previous Clinical Trials
42,874,745 Total Patients Enrolled
3 Trials studying Liver Cancer
6,165 Patients Enrolled for Liver Cancer
National Institute on Aging (NIA)NIH
1,655 Previous Clinical Trials
28,003,555 Total Patients Enrolled
Shivan Mehta, MDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of Pennsylvania
15 Previous Clinical Trials
77,052 Total Patients Enrolled

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~142 spots leftby Mar 2025