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Title: The Effect of Multi-Parametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Standard of Care for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Protocol for a Randomized Control Trial
Authors: Tonev, Dimitar
Shumbayawonda, Elizabeth
Tetlow, Louise Ann
Herdman, Laura
French, Marika
Rymell, Soubera
Thomaides-Brears, Helena
Alves, Filipe Caseiro 
Castelo-Branco, Miguel 
Ferreira, Carlos
Coenraad, Minneke
Lamb, Hildo
Beer, Meinrad
Kelly, Matt
Banerjee, Rajarshi
Dollinger, Matthias
Keywords: NAFLD; NASH; multiparametric MRI; health economics; biomarker
Issue Date: 26-Oct-2020
Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc.
Project: European Union’s Horizon 2020 SME Instrument Phase 2 Program under grant agreement No 719445. 
Serial title, monograph or event: JMIR Research Protocols
Volume: 9
Issue: 10
Abstract: Background: The rising prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and the more aggressive subtype, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), is a global public health concern. Left untreated, NAFLD/NASH can lead to cirrhosis, liver failure, and death. The current standard for diagnosing and staging liver disease is a liver biopsy, which is costly, invasive, and carries risk for the patient. Therefore, there is a growing need for a reliable, feasible, and cost-effective, noninvasive diagnostic tool for these conditions. LiverMultiScan is one such promising tool that uses multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) to characterize liver tissue and to aid in the diagnosis and monitoring of liver diseases of various etiologies. Objective: The primary objective of this trial (RADIcAL1) is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the introduction of LiverMultiScan as a standardized diagnostic test for liver disease in comparison to standard care for NAFLD, in different EU territories. Methods: RADIcAL1 is a multi-center randomized control trial with 2 arms conducted in 4 European territories (13 sites, from across Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, and the United Kingdom). In total, 1072 adult patients with suspected fatty liver disease will be randomized to be treated according to the result of the mpMRI in the intervention arm, so that further diagnostic evaluation is recommended only when values for metrics of liver fat or fibro-inflammation are elevated. Patients in the control arm will be treated as per center guidelines for standard of care. The primary outcome for this trial is to compare the difference in the proportion of patients with suspected NAFLD incurring liver-related hospital consultations or liver biopsies between the study arms, from the date of randomization to the end of the study follow-up. Secondary outcomes include patient feedback from a patient satisfaction questionnaire, at baseline and all follow-up visits to the end of the study, and time, from randomization to diagnosis by the physician, as recorded at the final follow-up visit. Results: This trial is currently open for recruitment. The anticipated completion date for the study is December 2020. Conclusions: This randomized controlled trial will provide the evidence to accelerate decision making regarding the inclusion of mpMRI-based tools in existing NAFLD/NASH clinical care. RADIcAL1 is among the first and largest European health economic studies of imaging technologies for fatty liver disease. Strengths of the trial include a high-quality research design and an in-depth assessment of the implementation of the cost-effectiveness of the mpMRI diagnostic. If effective, the trial may highlight the health economic burden on tertiary-referral hepatology clinics imposed by unnecessary consultations and invasive diagnostic investigations, and demonstrate that including LiverMultiScan as a NAFLD diagnostic test may be cost-effective compared to liver-related hospital consultations or liver biopsies. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03289897 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03289897
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/106236
ISSN: 1929-0748
DOI: 10.2196/19189
Rights: openAccess
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