Clinical Trial: Elastography vs Iron Regulators in the Diagnosis of Hepatic Fibrosis- Iron Overload in Children With Beta- Thalassemia

U.S., Sept. 5 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07153926) titled 'Elastography vs Iron Regulators in the Diagnosis of Hepatic Fibrosis- Iron Overload in Children With Beta- Thalassemia' on Aug. 26.

Brief Summary: The goal of this cross-sectional observational study is to evaluate the accuracy of serum ferritin and serum hepcidin versus non-invasive scores in the diagnosis of liver fibrosis and iron overload in beta- thalassemia children.

Researchers will measure and correlate serum ferritin, hepcidin and hepcidin/ferritin ratio in beta- thalassemia children with liver fibrosis. Researchers will also evaluate the performance of serum ferritin, hepcidin and hepcidin/ferritin ratio, AST to platelet ...