National Database on Primary Biliary Cholangitis
ConditionPrimary Biliary Cholangitis
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Milano Bicocca
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a rare, autoimmune, cholestatic liver disease. No data about the disease epidemiology exist in Italy. Therefore this study aims to develop a national PBC patient database linked to a biological sample storage.
elevated alkaline phosphatase and /or GGT;
positive anti-mitochondrial autoantibodies (titer ≥ 1:40) or PBC-specific antinuclear antibodies (gp-210 and sp100);
characteristic histological features of florid bile ducts lesions and granulomatous lesion.
None