Swiss study collecting samples and data from people with primary biliary cholangitis
Collects samples and medical data from adults with primary biliary cholangitis, a liver disease.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Swiss Primary Biliary Cholangitis Cohort Study
Key facts
- Where
- Basel, Bern, Bülach, Chur, Geneva, Lausanne, Liestal, Lucerne, Lugano, Sankt Gallen, Winterthur, and Zurich, SwitzerlandSee the 13 sites
Where in Switzerland
- Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie, Clarunis - Universitäres Bauchzentrum BaselBasel, SwitzerlandTaking people
- InselspitalBern, SwitzerlandTaking people
- Spital BülachBülach, SwitzerlandTaking people
- Kantonsspital GraubundenChur, SwitzerlandTaking people
- Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Service de Gastroentérologie & Hépatologie, Département des SpécialitésGeneva, SwitzerlandTaking people
- CHUV (centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois)Lausanne, SwitzerlandTaking people
- Kantonsspital BasellandLiestal, SwitzerlandTaking people
- Luzerner KantonsspitalLucerne, SwitzerlandTaking people
- EOC Ospedale Regionale di Lugano - ItalianoLugano, SwitzerlandTaking people
- Fondazione Epatocentro TicinoLugano, SwitzerlandTaking people
- Kantonsspital St. GallenSankt Gallen, SwitzerlandTaking people
- Kantonsspital WinterthurWinterthur, SwitzerlandTaking people
- Universitätsspital ZürichZurich, SwitzerlandTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Fondazione Epatocentro Ticino
- Trial code
- NCT03146910
- Record updated
- 17 August 2025
- Original description
Research project in which biological material is sampled and health-related medical data is collected. In addition, already existing health-related medical data are used for further research. Coded data are used.Read full original descriptionShow less
Swiss Primary Biliary Cholangitis Cohort Study
Research project in which biological material is sampled and health-related medical data is collected. In addition, already existing health-related medical data are used for further research. Coded data are used.
Inclusion: diagnose of Primary biliary cholangitis (according to EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: management of cholestatic liver diseases); Subjects with isolated anti-mitochondrial antibodies and/or isolated PBC-specific anti-nuclear antibodies are also included; Patients/subjects aged at least 18 years and living in Switzerland are included.
Exclusion: N/A.