“In clinical trials to develop NASH drugs, over 50% of patients fail to meet the inclusion criteria, with the majority not having active fibrotic-NASH,” continues Harrison. “As treatments become available for active fibrotic NASH, FibroScan and tools like FAST support diagnosis efficiency at the point of care, improving diagnostic accuracy and reducing costs. FAST is inexpensive, reducing unnecessary, invasive assessments and the need for expensive, complex blood tests. It’s simple to determine and interpret – requiring just three numbers entered into a calculator on the myFibroScan app. Furthermore, the clinician can set the threshold for referral based on their goals, balancing sensitivity vs. specificity.”
The FibroScan examination is a simple, non-invasive test that provides biomarkers that can be used to diagnose and monitor liver health, providing immediate results for the treating clinician.
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According to Dominique Legros, CEO of Echosens Group, “FAST is a great advancement for FibroScan- based models of care and represents the first of many scores where the FibroScan physical biomarkers will be combined with circulating biomarkers to enhance assessment and monitoring of liver health. We look forward to working with our colleagues in the pharmaceutical industry to identify and validate new combinations to enhance non-invasive monitoring of liver health, both for patients undergoing treatment and for those at risk of developing chronic liver disease.”
About Echosens
Echosens, the world’s number one provider of non-invasive medical devices dedicated to assessment of chronic liver diseases, pioneered the field of elastography technology by developing FibroScan®, the first device that quantifies liver stiffness non-invasively by using patented and validated VCTE™ for liver fibrosis assessment, and CAP™ for steatosis quantification. Significantly changing the practice of liver diagnosis, FibroScan® is recognized worldwide as the reference for non-invasive liver diagnosis with more than 2,500 medical publications and 40 guideline recommendations. Visit www.echosens.com to learn more.
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