GLOBE Score (PBC Transplant-Free Survival)

GLOBE score for PBC transplant-free survival on ursodeoxycholic acid (Lammers 2015): age plus 1-year bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, albumin, and platelets; > 0.30 marks a non-responder profile.

Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.

Example

Age
65 years
Bilirubin
1.8
Alkaline phosphatase
2.5
Albumin
0.95
Platelet count
120 × 10⁹/L

Result: GLOBE 2.5 — above 0.30: non-responder profile, worse transplant-free survival.

The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.

What the result means

Threshold
> 0.30 marks a non-responder with worse transplant-free survival than a matched population.

What you enter

  • Age
  • Bilirubin (× ULN)
  • Alkaline phosphatase (× ULN)
  • Albumin (× LLN)
  • Platelet count
How this is calculated
Inputs
Age plus 1-year bilirubin (× ULN), ALP (× ULN), albumin (× LLN), platelets (× 10⁹/L); albumin and platelet terms are negative.

Lammers WJ, Hirschfield GM, Corpechot C, et al. Development and validation of a scoring system to predict outcomes of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis receiving ursodeoxycholic acid therapy. Gastroenterology. 2015;149(7):1804-1812.e4. Read the source ↗

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