Alcohol-associated liver disease accounts for 50% of liver-related deaths, and its rates are rising worldwide.
Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLMAug 24 2023 But one of the best treatment options, early liver transplantation -; transplants done with no mandatory period of abstinence from alcohol-; is also one of the most controversial, partly because of concerns that patients will relapse to alcohol after transplantation.
Brian P. Lee, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine in gastrointestinal liver diseases, Keck School of Medicine of USC "Our goal is to help stem an epidemic of alcohol-associated liver disease and to provide our patient community with better treatment options," Lee said. Patients will be recruited at nine sites across the country from a variety of demographic groups, ensuring diversity of gender, age, race/ethnicity, education level, income level and geographic region that reflects the full scope of patients who receive liver transplants. At the Keck School of Medicine, the majority Hispanic patient population provides a unique opportunity to study how best to serve a group traditionally underrepresented in medical research, Lee said.
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