Dataset from A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Corticosteroid Therapy Following Portoenterostomy in Infants With Biliary Atresia

The Children Liver Disease Research and Education Network (ChiLDREN) is conducting a clinical
trial to evaluate whether long-term treatment with corticosteroids improves the outcome of
the Kasai or gall-bladder Kasai in infants with biliary atresia. In this clinical trial,
ChiLDREN is testing whether corticosteroid therapy following the Kasai will improve bile
drainage and long term outcome in infants with biliary atresia. Subjects in this trial must
start treatment within 72 hours of the Kasai procedure and be part of a prospective study of
the natural history of biliary atresia also being conducted by ChiLDREN
(http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00061828?order=3).