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SASL Swiss Cirrhosis Cohort

Key facts

Who runs it
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Where
Switzerland10 sites in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
Trial code
Status
Recruiting
People taking part
3,000 people, planned
Started
4 Jun 2024
Expected to end
Jan 2033
Type of study
Observational, 2 groups
Treatments tested
  • Data collection
Record updated
8 July 2025

Who can take part

Age
18 years and older
Sex
Women and men
Healthy volunteers
Can take part

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • A) Patients with chronic liver disease and histologically proven cirrhosis
  • B) Control subjects with no signs of cirrhosis

Who cannot take part

  • Age <18 years
  • patients who developed hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and/or cholangiocellular carcinoma (CCC)

This trial has no sites in United States.

It has sites in one country. Choose a country to see its sites.

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

This is a national prospective long-term multicentre observational cohort study following patients with cirrhosis in order to systematically and longitudinally record epidemiological, clinical, histological, psychosocial and patient-reported data and biobank biological material from patients with cirrhosis.

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The central element of all scientific operation and productivity in the Swiss Cirrhosis Cohort Study (SSCiCoS) is the so-called "nested project" (NP). Based on the evolving large pool of data and biological samples, SSCiCoS investigators use the data pool in order to investigate specific hypotheses and questions.

The 2 groups in the trial

  • Patients with chronic liver disease and histologically proven cirrhosis

    Treatment: Data collection

  • Control subjects with no signs of cirrhosis

    Treatment: Data collection

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
SASL Swiss Cirrhosis Cohort Study
Record updated
8 July 2025