The MAI-FOIE Cohort
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Autoimmune Liver Diseases, Immunological Mechanisms. Basic parameters: from 10 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- France
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Cohorte Des Maladies Auto-Immunes du Foie
Overview
The MAI-FOIE cohort will be a French multicenter cohort with the development of a biobank including patients with autoimmune, metabolic and medicated liver diseases
Detailed description
The MAI-FOIE cohort will be a prospective cohort of patients with autoimmune liver diseases followed up in 13 French centers. The multicentric nature of the cohort is a major asset, enabling the enrolment of a broad spectrum of patients, from those naïve to any immunomodulatory treatment to those refractory to therapies. The goal is to identify different treatment response profiles, markers of remission and markers of relapse risk after discontinuation of immunosuppressants in order to improve patient care.
Primary outcome measures
- Identification of new immune, cellular and molecular markers in patients who respond and not respond to treatment [Time frame: 2 years]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Understanding the molecular mechanisms of treatment efficacy and failure [Time frame: 2 years]
Eligibility criteria
AIH (Auto-Immune Hepatitis) patients :
Inclusion criteria
- age≥10 years old
- weight≥25kg
- AIH (with or without the presence of an overlap) whose diagnosis is validated by at least 2 of the following criteria :
- ALT>2N or IgG>1.1N
- Presence of autoantibodies : ANA (antinuclear), ML (anti-smooth muscle), SLA (anti-soluble liver antigen), LKM1 (anti-endoplasmic reticulum), LC1 (anti-liver cytosol)
- Presence of interface hepatitis on biopsy
- signing of a written consent form for participation in the study and for the storage of biological samples research
Control patients :
- age≥18 years old
- weight≥37kg
- Patient with one of the following 3 conditions :
- Primary Biliary Cholangitis
- Metabolic steatohepatitis
- Drug induced hepatitis
Exclusion criteria
Positive HIV serology HBV infection Positive HCV serology and PCR Patients under guardianship or curatorship
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
France · 13 centers
- CHU d'Angers — Angers
- CHU de Brest — Brest
- AP-HP Beaujon — Clichy
- CHD Vendée — La Roche-sur-Yon
- CHU de Lille — Lille
- Hospices Civils de Lyon — Lyon
- CHU Nantes — Nantes
- AP-HP Saint-Antoine — Paris
- … and 5 more centers
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07594990 · RC24_0619 · 2026-A00236-45