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12 October 2018

EF CLIF hosts first hands-on workshop on sample and data collection in the ACLARA study

Our Data Managers train liver specialists from Argentina, Brazil and Chile across participating centers in the ACLARA study.

04 October 2018

1st ACLARA Investigator Meeting takes place in Punta Cana

On the occasion of the 25th edition of the Latin American Association for the Study of the Liver (ALEH) Congress 2018 in Punta Cana, Domincan Republic, investigators in ACLARA across participating centers met to share views and prospects on the current state of the study.

01 May 2018

EF CLIF hosts liver specialist

Dr. Wenyi Gu, clinical researcher in the group led by Prof. Hai Li at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China, will stay three months in the EF CLIF Headquarters.

18 April 2018

Anna Bosch appointed General Manager of EF CLIF

EF CLIF is pleased to announce the appointment of Anna Bosch as the new General Manager.

07 February 2018

Raising the profile of chronic liver disease research

With the appointment of the new Chair of the EASL-CLIF Consortium Steering Committee Prof. Paolo Angeli, EF CLIF celebrates a symposium to honor his commitment, and demonstrate new ideas and concepts that are shaping the future of chronic liver disease research.

21 December 2017

Alberto Farias visits the EF CLIF Headquarters

We had the pleasure to welcome Dr. Alberto Farias, Associate Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at São Paulo School of Medicine and Clinical Coordinator of the Liver Transplant Program at the Hospital das Clínicas in Brazil to the EF CLIF Headquarters in Barcelona.

27 November 2017

EF CLIF sponsors its first large prospective study outside Europe

The ACLARA study will look at the prevalence, epidemiology and mechanisms of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) in patients with acute decompensation of cirrhosis hospitalized across Latin America.

13 November 2017

Addressing patient heterogeneity in acutely decompensated cirrhosis

Beyond the 'simple' dichotomy (ACLF vs. traditional acute decompensation of cirrhosis), the CANONIC study revealed the heterogeity existing among patients with acute decompensation of cirrhosis, in particular with respect to the number of precipitating factors and their nature (the most common being acute bacterial infection followed by harmful use of alcohol and gastrointestinal hemorrhage).

26 May 2017

Paolo Angeli elected Chair of the EASL-CLIF Consortium Steering Committee

The formerly known as CLIF Consortium was first established in 2006 as the major collaborative research effort ever existed in Europe aimed at understanding the underlying mechanisms that lead to chronic liver failure. At the last EASL-CLIF Consortium Meeting, Prof. Paolo Angeli, Chief of the Internal Medicine and Hepatology Unit at the University Hospital of Padova, Italy, was elected Chair of the Steering Committee.

10 February 2017

IL-1 genetic variants found to be associated with protection against ACLF

New research identifies two polymorphisms in the interleukin (IL)-1 gene cluster associated with variations in the intensity of systemic inflammation and clinical presentation of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF).