Case definitions for inclusion and analysis of endpoints in clinical trials for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis through the lens of regulatory science

Hepatology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 2001-2012

  Siddiqui, Mohammad Shadab ^a   Harrison, Stephen A ^b   Abdelmalek, Manal F ^c   Anstee, Quentin M ^d   Bedossa, Pierre ^e   Castera, Laurent ^f   Dimick Santos, Lara ^g   Friedman, Scott L ^h   Greene, Katherine ⁿ   Kleiner, David E ⁱ   Megnien, Sophie ^j   Neuschwander Tetri, Brent A ^k   Ratziu, Vlad ^l   Schabel, Elmer ^m   Miller, Veronica ⁿ   Sanyal, Arun J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pinnacle Clinical Research   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^g CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^h MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j Genfit Corp   (United States)

^k SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^m Gastroenterology Hepatology Unit   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMORBIDITY; COMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAGING; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LIVER; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85045675609     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.29607     Document Type: Article

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