Mayo Clinic
This study is a biobank of specimens and clinical data for use in current and future research to better understand the cholestatic liver diseases primary biliary cirrhosis/cholangitis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC).
This study is a biobank of specimens and clinical data for use in current and future research to better understand the cholestatic liver diseases primary biliary cirrhosis/cholangitis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). Blood, saliva, stool, and urine samples will be collected periodically during patient visits, mail-home kit (collected locally), or via remote phlebotomy at a place directed by the subject. Bile and bile duct cells will be collected during clinically necessary Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures being performed at Mayo Clinic for clinic…
Inclusion Criteria: PSC * Patients diagnosed with PSC and who are between the age of 18 and 85 at time of enrollment in the study. * The diagnosis of PSC will be based on standard PSC criteria including clinical and biochemical evidence of chronic cholestasis of at least six months duration, positive cholangiographic findings, and compatible liver biopsies if available. * Patients with PSC who have undergone orthotopic liver transplantation will be offered enrollment except for collection of bile - please see below under Exclusion Criteria. * Women with PSC of childbearing potential and preg…
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