2020
Clinical Research in Hepatology in the COVID‐19 Pandemic and Post‐Pandemic Era: Challenges and the Need for Innovation
Verna EC, Serper M, Chu J, Corey K, Fix OK, Hoyt K, Page KA, Loomba R, Li M, Everson GT, Fried MW, Garcia‐Tsao G, Terrault N, Lok AS, Chung RT, Reddy KR. Clinical Research in Hepatology in the COVID‐19 Pandemic and Post‐Pandemic Era: Challenges and the Need for Innovation. Hepatology 2020, 72: 1819-1837. PMID: 32740969, PMCID: PMC7435542, DOI: 10.1002/hep.31491.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical researchInvestigational productAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemicSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemicChronic liver diseaseLong-term followCoronavirus 2 pandemicClinical trial designImplementation of telemedicineHepatitis BLiver diseaseLaboratory monitoringClinical careTrial designCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) researchNatural historyCompletion of studyTherapeutic developmentNational InstituteCOVID-19 pandemicHepatologyOngoing studiesDiseaseIndustry fundingPandemicOrdinal Outcomes Are Superior to Binary Outcomes for Designing and Evaluating Clinical Trials in Compensated Cirrhosis
D’Amico G, Abraldes JG, Rebora P, Valsecchi MG, Garcia‐Tsao G. Ordinal Outcomes Are Superior to Binary Outcomes for Designing and Evaluating Clinical Trials in Compensated Cirrhosis. Hepatology 2020, 72: 1029-1042. PMID: 31837238, PMCID: PMC11090179, DOI: 10.1002/hep.31070.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical trialsGrade 1Prevention of decompensationBaseline platelet countDevelopment of varicesSignificant outcome differencesLow baseline riskPrimary therapeutic targetCirrhosis decompensationCompensated cirrhosisInception cohortComposite endpointEsophageal varicesPlatelet countBinary outcomesDisease progressionSignificant treatment effectBaseline riskGrade 3Sample sizeOutcome differencesTherapeutic targetDecompensationGrade 2Larger sample size
1998
Portal hypertension and variceal bleeding: An AASLD single topic symposium
Grace N, Groszmann R, Garcia‐Tsao G, Burroughs A, Pagliaro L, Makuch R, Bosch J, Stiegmann G, Henderson J, de Franchis R, Wagner J, Conn H, Rodes J. Portal hypertension and variceal bleeding: An AASLD single topic symposium. Hepatology 1998, 28: 868-880. PMID: 9731585, DOI: 10.1002/hep.510280339.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements