Liver Testing Through a New Investigative Tool
Liver Function Tests
Breaking Through Conventional Thinking About Liver Health Testing
HepQuant is a privately-held, early-stage medical diagnostics company with unique, patented and patent-pending technology for assessing liver function of patients with chronic liver disease. HepQuant technologies, licensed from the University of Colorado Denver (UCD), have been advanced with the intent to profoundly impact the liver disease landscape – including the research, treatment and patient communities – with diagnostic products that are accurate and minimally invasive.
Recent News
Recent Publications
- How clinicians may use tests of hepatic function now and in the future | T. Tara Ghaziani, Paul Y. Kwo | Translational Research (formerly The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine) | July 1, 2021
- HepQuant SHUNT Detects Portal Hypertension in Early Stages of Clinically Compensated Chronic Liver Disease | Amanda Wieland, Ohad Etzion, Rabab O Ali, Elliot Levy, David E Kleiner, Steve M Helmke, Theo Heller, Gregory T Everson | Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2021 | April 22, 2021
- Predicting clinical decompensation in patients with cirrhosis using the Hepquant‐SHUNT test | Mohammad Amin Fallahzadeh Daniel J. Hansen James F. Trotter Gregory T. Everson Giovanna Saracino Robert S. Rahimi Steve Helmke Jodi Boutte Sumeet K. Asrani | Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics | Feb. 8, 2021
The HepQuant Story | Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going
Upcoming Events
♦ Digestive Disease Week | May 21 – 24, 2022 | Abstract submitted
♦ EASL International Liver Congress™ 2022 | June 22–26, 2022
Recent Events
♦ 40th Annual J.P. Morgan HealthCare Conference | January 10 – 13, 2022 | San Francisco, CA
♦ NASH-TAG Conference | January 6 – 8, 2022
- Poster Presentation: HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors (Statins) and Metformin are Associated With Preservation of Hepatic Function and Less Portal-Systemic Shunting in Advanced Chronic Liver Disease (CLD)
♦ NASH Summit 2021 | November 29-December 2 | Sponsor
- Oral Presentation: HepQuant: Progressing towards a Sensitive and Reliable Endpoint for Treatment Efficacy. Greg Everson, MD.
- New Data from Clinical Trials (response to new pharma therapy, reproducibility, progression to decomp in cirrhosis, portal hypertension)
- Pivotal Study and Regulatory Progress
- Anticipated Timelines for Clinical Trial and Commercial Scale-up
♦ AASLD The Liver Meeting | November 12-15
- Poster: BI 685509 Improves Hepatic Function in Subjects with Child-Pugh A Cirrhosis and a Liver Stiffness Measurement of >15 KPA: Results from the HepQuant SHUNT Test. Lawitz EJ, Ertle J, Schoelch C, Gawshaw I, Helmke SM and Everson GT. – (Poster Presentation at AASLD, The Liver Meeting 2021) {Lawitz et al: Hepatology 2021, Volume 74, Number 1 (Suppl), 1238A-1239A}
- Poster: The HepQuant SHUNT Test Predicts the Likelihood of Finding Esophageal Varices and Particularly Large Varices at Endoscopy. Shiffman ML, Leise MD, Reddy KR, Hellstern PA, Hassanein T, Qureshi K, Mena E, Smith AD, Kittelson JM, Helmke SM, Everson GT, HepQuant, and SHUNT-V Investigators Group. {Shiffman et al: Hepatology 2021, Volume 74, Number 1 (Suppl), 1264A-1265A}
- Oral Presentation: Treatment with HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors (Statins) is Associated with Preservation of Hepatic Function in Advanced Chronic Liver Disease (CLD): Results from the SHUNT-V Study. Rahimi RS, Lucas KJ, Weinberg EM, Kayali Z, Bhagat VK, Keaveny AP, Mantry PS, Smith AD, Kittelson JM, Helmke SM, Everson GT, and SHUNT-V Investigators Group. {Rahimi et al: Hepatology 2021, Volume 74, Number 1 (Suppl), 98A-99A}
♦ American Heart Association (AHA) Annual Meeting | November 13-15
- Oral Presentation: Clinical and Laboratory Correlates of Impaired Cholate Clearance in the Adult Fontan. Kim YY, Saef J, Everson G, Helmke S, Carducci J, Glatz AC, Partington SL, Ruckdeschel E, Rychik J, Hoteit MA. {Kim et al: Circulation 2021 Volume 144, Suppl_1, A14429} (See Abstract)
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