Nicotinamide in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Patients
Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- 1. Male or female outpatients age 18 to 70 years old. 2. The diagnosis of NAFLD will be established according to the appearance of fatty liver on US or elevated liver enzymes (>1.5 times normal level).
Exclusion Criteria:
1. History of alcohol abuse (as defined by an average daily consumption of alcohol > 30 g/day in men and > 20 g/day in women).
2. Cirrhotic patients.
- Fibroscan result > 12Kpa or as
- predicted from FIB 4 score > 3.25
FIB-4 = age (yr) * AST (IU/L)/platelet count (109/L) * ALT1/2 (IU/L) 3. Hyper / hypoparathyroidism. 4. Cancer. 5. Viral hepatitis. 6. Biliary disease. 7. Autoimmune hepatitis 8. Other causes of liver disease (hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease). 9. Participants who took antibiotics, probiotic supplements and/or hepatotoxic medicines (NSAIDs, Amiodarone and methotrexate) within 6 months before the start of the study and during the study.
10. Ascetic patients and congestive heart failure patients will be excluded due to unreliability of Fibroscan results in them.
11. Pregnancy and lactation.
Sites / Locations
- AlZahraa hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Niacinamide group
Control group
Niacinamide oral tablets as Nature's Life 1000 mg tablets once daily for 3 months diabetes management including metformin or Sulphonylurea
diabetes management including metformin or Sulphonylurea