Publications

The evidence behind PROMEDX.

A 28-publication peer-reviewed evidence base anchored by a long-running prospective multi-center trial demonstrating that quantitative liver function predicts clinical outcomes.

Years of research support PROMEDX starting with the landmark HALT-C and A2ALL clinical trials funded by the National Institutes of Health. Subsequent clinical research on the etiology, diagnosis, prognosis and complications of liver disease have culminated in physiologic staging which provides insights into the health of the liver not available from fibrosis staging.
1

Perfused Kupffer Cell Mass: Correlation with Histology and Severity of Chronic Liver Disease

John Hoefs MD, et al, Digestive Diseases and Sciences, Vol 40, No. 3, March 1995.
2

Functional Measurement of Non-fibrotic Hepatic Mass in Cirrhotic Patients

Hoefs JC, Wang F, and Kanel G; American Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol 92, 2054-2058, 1997.
3

A Novel, Simple Method of Functional Spleen Volume Calculation by Liver-Spleen Scan

Hoefs JC, Wang F, Lilien D, Walker B, and Kanel B; Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol 40:1745-55, 1999.
4

Factors Affecting the Quantitative Liver–Spleen Scan in Normal Individuals

Hoefs JC, Sheikh MY, Guerrero H, and Milne N; Digestive Diseases and Sciences, Vol. 50, pp 283-289, 2005.
5

The Spectrum of Hepatic Functional Impairment in Compensated Chronic Hepatitis C: Results from the HALT-C Trial

Everson et al. — Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Vol. 27, 2008
6

Quantitative Tests of Liver Function Measure Hepatic Improvement after Sustained Virologic Response

Everson GT, Shiffman ML, Hoefs JC, et al., HALT-C Trial Group — Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther., Vol. 29, pp. 589–601, 2009
7

Quantitative Liver Function Tests Improve the Prediction of Clinical Outcomes in Chronic Hepatitis C

Everson GT, Shiffman ML, Hoefs JC, et al. — Hepatology, 2012; 55: 1019–1029
8

Functional Elements Associated with Hepatic Regeneration in Living Donors after Right Hepatic Lobectomy

Everson, Hoefs, Niemann, Olthoff, Dupuis, Lauriski, Herman, Milne, Gillespie, Goodrich, Everhart — Liver Transplantation, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2013
9

HEPATIQ Measure of Hepatic Function: Range in Function for Ascites & Death in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease

Hoefs JC — Journal of Hepatology, Vol. 64, S213–S424, 2016
10

Physiologic Staging in Alcoholic Liver Disease Predicts Death and Monitors Recovery

Hoefs JC — EASL, The International Liver Congress, 2017
11

Steatohepatitis: Differential Features on Quantitative Liver-Spleen Scan (QLSS)

Hoefs JC — EASL, The International Liver Congress, 2017
12

Shear Wave Elasticity (SWE) Unreliable in Detection of Cirrhosis

Hoefs JC — AASLD, The Liver Meeting, 2018
13

Physiologic Staging with HEPATIQ Predicts Cirrhosis Better Than Shear Wave Elasticity

Hoefs JC — AASLD, The Liver Meeting, 2018
14

Small Liver Volumes: Cause and Significance

Hoefs JC — The Liver Meeting, Hepatology, October 2019
15

Quantitative Hepatic Function Predicts Time to Death After Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)

Hoefs JC — Digestive Disease Week, 2020
16

Liver Surface Nodularity as an Estimate of Quantitative Liver Function and Portal Hypertension

Hoefs JC — Digestive Disease Week, 2020
17

Is Physiologic Staging of Chronic Liver Disease Possible with Ultrasound?

Hoefs JC — AASLD, The Liver Meeting, 2020
18

Quantitative Liver Spleen Scan Can Predict the Outcome in Patients with Alcoholic Hepatitis

Hashim MA, Ismail MS, Moore WH, Hassan MM, Hoefs J, Jalal P — AASLD, The Liver Meeting, 2020
19

HEPATIQ Predicts Cirrhosis and Decompensation

Hoefs JC — AASLD, The Liver Meeting, 2021
20

HEPATIQ Predicts Decompensation for Cirrhotics

Hoefs JC, Ghosh D — AASLD, The Liver Meeting, 2021
21

Large Functional Liver Volume (fLV) and ATI Combined in the Diagnosis of Steatohepatitis

Hoefs JC — Digestive Disease Week, 2022
22

The Functional Liver Volume (fLV) by HEPATIQ is Superior to ATI in the Diagnosis of Steatohepatitis

Hoefs JC, Basta N, Ghosh D — Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 2022
23

HAI by HEPATIQ: Marker for ALD or for Alcoholic Hepatitis?

Hoefs JC — AASLD, The Liver Meeting, 2022
24

Revolutionizing Care in Cirrhotic Patients Using HEPATIQ in a Community Setting

Huynh T, Lyche B, Lyche K — AASLD, The Liver Meeting, 2022
25

Hemodynamic Measurement of Quantitative Liver Function by HEPATIQ Detects CLD and Differentiates from Acute Causes of Jaundice

Hoefs JC — Digestive Disease Week, 2023
26

NASH Cirrhosis: The Intra-Hepatic Hemodynamic Abnormality (IHHA) Measured Baseline and Change Over Time Predicts Clinical Outcomes and Survival

Hoefs JC — The Liver Meeting, 2023
27

SPECT Identifies Compensated Cirrhotics with Higher Accuracy than Blood Tests

Ghosh D, Hoefs JC — Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, 2024
28

Hoefs Physiologic System (H) for Reporting the Results of the Quantitative Liver-Spleen Scan (QLSS) as Processed by HEPATIQ

Hoefs JC — Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 2024

Comparative analysis references

A

Liver Disease Diagnostics Market Research Report, Global Forecast to 2027

360iResearch, December 2022
B

Ability of Noninvasive Scoring Systems to Identify Individuals in the Population at Risk for Severe Liver Disease

Hagström H, Talbäck M, Andreasson A, Walldius G, Hammar N — Gastroenterology, 2020 Jan;158(1):200–214
C

Accuracy of Noninvasive Fibrosis Scores to Detect Advanced Fibrosis in Patients with Type-2 Diabetes with Biopsy-proven NAFLD

Singh A, Gosai F, Siddiqui MT, et al. — J. Clin. Gastroenterol., 2020;54(10):891–897
D

The Importance of Liver Functional Reserve in the Non-surgical Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

D’Avola D, Granito A, de la Torre-Aláez M, Piscaglia F — Journal of Hepatology, 2022