Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN): A Prospective Database of Infants With Cholestasis
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health
Summary
Biliary atresia, idiopathic neonatal hepatitis, and specific genetic cholestatic conditions are the most common causes of jaundice and hyperbilirubinemia that continue beyond the newborn period. The long term goal of the Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN) is to establish a database of clinical information and plasma, serum, and tissue samples from cholestatic children to facilitate research and to perform clinical, epidemiological and therapeutic trials in these important pediatric liver diseases.
Description
This is a multi-center project to establish a prospective database of clinical information and a repository of blood, from children with diagnosis of neonatal liver disease, such as biliary atresia (BA), in order to perform research in this important liver problem. Children (diagnosed with BA or suspicious for BA) will be screened and enrolled at presentation at the participating pediatric liver sites. Participants diagnosed with BA will be followed intensively for the first year, at 18 months of age, and then annually up to 10 years of age, and then biannually, or liver transplantation. Other…