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ReviewJHEP reports : innovation in hepatology2026

Practice changing RCT design and rationale: Abbreviated MRI plus AFP

George N Ioannou, Tamar H Taddei, Beata M Planeta, Grant D Huang, Noel S Weiss, Timothy R Morgan, Jason A Dominitz, Ghassan K Abou-Alfa, Mustafa R Bashir, Michael V Beheshti and 19 more

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Review in JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

29 authors.

George N IoannouGastroenterology Section, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA.
Tamar H TaddeiVA Connecticut Healthcare System, New Haven, CT, USA.
Beata M PlanetaWest Haven Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System; West Haven, CT, USA.
Grant D HuangOffice of Research and Development, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, USA.
Noel S WeissDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Timothy R MorganVA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA, USA.
Jason A DominitzNational Gastroenterology and Hepatology Program, Veterans Health Administration, Seattle, WA, USA.
Ghassan K Abou-AlfaMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Mustafa R BashirDurham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Michael V BeheshtiCentral Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Amit G SingalDepartment of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Cynthia A MoylanDurham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Robin J BolandGastroenterology Section, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA.
Lynn F BuchwalderVA Connecticut Healthcare System, New Haven, CT, USA.
Rajni L MehtaVA Connecticut Healthcare System, New Haven, CT, USA.
Kimberly S HoisingtonCooperative Studies Program Clinical Research Pharmacy Coordinating Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Nhan V DoVA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA.
Shari S RogalCenter for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
David E KaplanCorporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Med Center; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Jihane N BenhammouVA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Grace L SuVA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Linda M McDonaldWest Haven Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System; West Haven, CT, USA.
Genta DaniRalph H Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA.
Dell P DunnGeorge E Wahlen Salt Lake City VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Stephanie T ChangDepartment of Radiology, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Healthcare System, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Ifeyinwa Y OnyiukeVA Connecticut Healthcare System, New Haven, CT, USA.
Ashu SharmaCarl T. Hayden Phoenix VA Health Care System, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Tassos C KyriakidesWest Haven Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System; West Haven, CT, USA.
PREMIUM Study Group

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abdominal ultrasound every 6 months with or without serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is recommended for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) screening in patients with cirrhosis. However, high-quality evidence demonstrating that this screening strategy reduces HCC-related mortality in cirrhosis is lacking. Dynamic contrast-enhanced abbreviated MRI (DCE aMRI) protocols for HCC screening have nearly identical performance to full multiphasic MRI (the gold standard for HCC diagnosis) and can be completed in under 15 min. PREMIUM is a multicentre randomised controlled trial comparing HCC screening by ultrasound+AFP every 6 months

Indexed as

abbreviated MRIalpha fetoproteinCirrhosishepatocellular carcinomaliver cancer screeningultrasound

Identifiers

PMID41624484
PMCPMC12857331

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