The IC3 Trial: Identifying Cirrhosis and Liver Cancer in Primary Care
Start Date Oct 2021
Code M9-Aff
Status Ongoing
Project Lead
Prof Leon Adams
Senior Lead
Institution
Others
Gary Jeffrey, Alex Thompson, Simone Strasser, Darrell Crawford, Louisa Gordon, Chris Reid, Michael Wallace, Patty Chondros
Project summary
Many patients with a common liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), have undiagnosed cirrhosis. These patients have missed the opportunity for surveillance that could detect HCC earlier and improve chances of survival. We have established an accurate cirrhosis detection pathway and aim to examine its effect and cost on early HCC diagnosis and HCC surveillance compared to usual care. 2800 patients will be recruited across rural and urban general practices in Australia for this trial.