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Global Prospective, Observational Cohort of Adult Patients With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (WIND-PSC Study)

Observational · No treatment assigned · 18 sites · PSC Partners Seeking a Cure

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In plain English

What this trial is testing

Condition(s) listed: PSC. This is an observational study: researchers collect information (for example questionnaires, samples, or scans) but the study does not assign a treatment.

Who can join

Some of the main requirements, copied from the record:

There are also 23 reasons someone might not be able to join (exclusion criteria). Only the trial team can confirm whether you qualify.

What's involved

Groups in this study

Main thing being measured

In the researchers’ words

Develop an appropriate real-world data comparator cohort to support the design, execution, and serve as an external control for interventional clinical trials in PSC.
Words you might see
  • UDCA (ursodiol): a bile acid medicine that some people with PSC take.
  • MELD score: a score based on lab tests used to estimate how severe liver disease is.
  • Cirrhosis: advanced scarring of the liver.
  • Decompensated liver disease: advanced liver disease with complications such as fluid build-up or bleeding.
  • INR: a blood test of how quickly blood clots; it can reflect liver function.
  • PBC: primary biliary cholangitis, a different chronic bile-duct disease.
  • Autoimmune hepatitis: a liver disease where the immune system attacks the liver.

General definitions, not specific to this trial.

This summary was written automatically from the official record using fixed templates (no AI), so it only says what the record says, and may leave things out.

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Official details

StatusRecruiting
PhaseObservational
Study typeObservational
ConditionsPSC
Lead sponsorPSC Partners Seeking a Cure
Enrollment2000 (estimated)
Start date2024-05-06
Primary completion (est.)2029-01
First posted2024-03-07
Last updated2026-10-13
Official titleA Global Multi-Center Prospective Observational Cohort to Support Drug Development in Adult Patients With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (WIND-PSC)
ClinicalTrials.gov IDNCT06297993

Interventions

Full eligibility criteria (from the record)
Inclusion Criteria:

1. Adult patients between 18 and 75 years of age (inclusive) who can comprehend instructions, follow the study procedures and are willing to sign an Informed Consent Form (ICF).
2. Confirmed clinical diagnosis of large duct PSC.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Clinically significant acute or chronic liver disease of an etiology other than PSC (including but not limited to metabolic-dysfunction associated steatohepatitis (MASH), PBC, HCV, HBV, or alcoholic hepatitis, Wilson's disease, alpha-1 antitryp-sin deficiency, acute or chronic drug-induced liver injury)

   * Patients with PSC and elements of AIH overlap are allowed to enroll
   * Patients with metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) or benign steatosis are allowed to enroll
2. Small-Duct PSC.
3. Clinically diagnosed secondary or IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis.
4. Clinically diagnosed infections (including acute cholangitis) and receiving treatment within the past 7 days; patients on chronic suppressive antibiotics for acute cholangitis will be allowed to enroll
5. Hospitalization in the past 7 days
6. UDCA dose >28 mg/kg
7. Evidence of current or historical decompensated cirrhosis based on the following clinical events:

   * Ascites > Grade 2 and requiring treatment
   * Esophageal or gastric variceal bleeding requiring hospitalization
   * Hepatic encephalopathy (as defined by a West Haven score ≥ 2)
   * Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis defined as ascites absolute neutrophil count >250/mm3 in the absence of an intra-abdominal source of infection
   * AKI-HRS according to AASLD Guidelines (Flamm 2021)
   * Portal hypertension based on a platelet count < 150 × 109/L and LSM > 15 kPa with clinical, laboratory, imaging and/or other relevant parameters
8. Prior liver transplantation
9. MELD 3.0 Score >15. For subjects on anticoagulation medication, baseline INR determination for MELD score calculation should take this use into account.
10. History, evidence, or high suspicion of hepatobiliary malignancies or active colon cancer based on imaging, screening laboratory values, and/or clinical symptoms. Patients with a history of colon cancer who have undergone a colectomy and have no current evidence of colon cancer will be allowed to enroll in the study.
11. Participants with current clinical or laboratory evidence of any severe, progressive, or uncontrolled disease, related or unrelated to PSC and which, in the opinion of the investigator, has an expected survival of less than 52 weeks.
12. Participants who are impaired, incapacitated, or incapable of completing study-related assessments or giving informed consent.
13. Prisoners or participants who are involuntarily incarcerated.
14. Participants who are currently participating in an investigational PSC therapy clinical study or who have participated in such a study within the past 12 weeks
15. Absence of data in medical records to assess inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Locations (18)

SiteCityCountrySite status
UC DavisSacramento, CaliforniaUnited StatesRecruiting
California Pacific Medical CenterSan Francisco, CaliforniaUnited StatesRecruiting
University of California, San FranciscoSan Francisco, CaliforniaUnited StatesRecruiting
Yale UniversityNew Haven, ConnecticutUnited StatesRecruiting
Schiff Center for Liver Diseases / University of MiamiMiami, FloridaUnited StatesRecruiting
Indiana UniversityIndianapolis, IndianaUnited StatesRecruiting
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MassachusettsUnited StatesRecruiting
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, MassachusettsUnited StatesRecruiting
Mayo ClinicRochester, MinnesotaUnited StatesRecruiting
UT Southwestern Medical CenterDallas, TexasUnited StatesWithdrawn
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, VirginiaUnited StatesRecruiting
University of AlbertaEdmonton, AlbertaCanadaRecruiting
University Health NetworkToronto, OntarioCanadaRecruiting
Centre de recherche du centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM)Montreal, QuebecCanadaRecruiting
University Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfHamburg, Free and Hanseatic City of HamburgGermanyRecruiting
University of Milano BicoccaMilan, Monza (MB)ItalyRecruiting
Auckland UniversityAucklandNew ZealandRecruiting
Oxford University HospitalsOxfordUnited KingdomRecruiting

For contacts at each site, use the official record.

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