Active clinical trials for "Liver Diseases"

This extension study will assess the safety and effects of 24 weeks of treatment with ALT-801 in diabetic and non-diabetic subjects with overweight and obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of delta radiomics-derived index based on Gd-EOB-DTPA enhanced MRI as a new imaging biomarker for the quantitative assessment of liver function.

Ultrasound Derived Fat Fraction (UDFF) Evaluation of Metabolic Related Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD) in obesity Patients Metabolic fatty liver disease (MAFLD), formerly known as Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), is the most common chronic liver disease in the world at present, with a incidence rate of about 30%. In the United States, NAFLD is the third leading cause of hepatocellular carcinoma, and early assessment and diagnosis of liver steatosis characteristics are crucial for timely treatment or intervention to reduce the risk of liver fibrosis and inhibit disease progression. Liver biopsy is considered as the "gold standard" for evaluating, grading, and determining inflammatory activity of liver steatosis and fibrosis. However, liver biopsy are invasive and pathological evaluation differences among observers, which makes it difficult to widely use and repeat, especially for dynamic evaluation of patients during the treatment process. Ultrasound Derviced Fat Fraction (UDFF) is a unique technology for non-invasive quantification of liver fat content, which is equipped on the Siemens ACUSON Sequoia ultrasound system. UDFF is calculated from two parameter values: attenuation coefficient (AC) and backscatter coefficient (BSC). SWE (shear wave elastography) is becoming widely used, and is recommended for the evaluation of liver fibrosis by some guidelines in patients with chronic liver diseases, such as viral hepatitis. These two technologies (UDFF+SWE) can be achieved on the same probe, and this detection technology is non-invasive, painless, simple, and reliable. Bariatric surgery (BS), also known as metabolic weight loss surgery, is currently recognized as the most significant and long-lasting method for treating obesity. It can significantly improve obesity related comorbidities, as well as long-term improvement in postoperative quality of life and mental state. This study will aim on analysis of the liver ultrasound characteristics of patients who plan to undergo bariatric surgery. By using UDFF and elastic shear wave technology (UDFF+SWE), a new non-invasive ultrasound evaluation method for MAFLD grading diagnosis of simple fatty liver, fatty hepatitis, liver fibrosis, and related cirrhosis will be proposed, and the incidence and risk factors of MAFLD in overweight and obese patients will be explored, The reversal effect of weight loss therapy on MAFLD in obese patients.

A two-part study for NAFLD subjects with normal liver functions and in general good health to be treated with CM-101 or matching placebo and NAFLD/NASH Activity Score (NAS) < 3 that are in general good health and have normal liver functions to be treated with CM-101.

This randomised controlled trial will determine if exercise (150 - 200 min per week, 6 weeks) can beneficially modify liver fat quality in non alcohol fatty liver disease patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (n = 26, 13 per group). Liver fat quality will be assessed via magnetic resonance (3T) spectroscopy (1H-MRS) using validated methods.

This is a phase I, multi-center, open-label, single oral dose, parallel group study to evaluate the pharmacokinetics and safety of INC280 in non-cancer subjects with impaired hepatic function and non-cancer subjects with normal hepatic function.The study population will be healthy male and postmenopausal or sterile female subjects who meet all of the inclusion and none of the exclusion criteria. Subjects will be assigned to groups according to their hepatic function: normal (Group 1), mild (Group 2), moderate (Group 3), and severe (Group 4) impairment. This study consists of a two-staged design with interim analysis. In Stage 1, subjects in Groups 1, 2 and 3 will be enrolled. Upon completion of Stage 1, an interim analysis will be conducted. Depending on the results of the analysis, either the study will conclude with no further enrollment or Stage 2 will commence with enrollment of Group 4. A minimum of 6 evaluable subjects per group will be enrolled.Once enrolled in the study, participants will be confined to the facility for 4 days, given a single dose of INC280 and monitored for pharmacokinetic and safety assessments.

Primary Objective: To assess safety of Phosphatidylcholine paste 600 mg (ESSENTIALE® paste) oral 3 times a day for 12 weeks in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms in acute and chronic liver diseases. Secondary Objectives: To assess effectiveness on symptomatic improvement in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms in acute and chronic liver diseases. To monitor compliance.

This is an investigator initiated study being conducted in equal numbers at two sites, University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) and Emory University (EU). The purpose of this study is to understand the potential of a low sugar diet for the treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in children. Forty boys with NAFLD will be randomly assigned to either an intervention group or a habitual diet control group. The intervention will be a low sugar diet for a period of 8 weeks. The effect of this dietary change will be assessed using advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) testing to measure liver fat.

The goal of this study is to determine if NS-0200 can reduce the amount of liver fat in patients diagnosed with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). This study will compare two doses of NS-0200 to placebo in NAFLD patients.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a condition where accumulation of fat in the liver leads to metabolic dysfunction. Currently there are no approved treatments for NAFLD. Part of the metabolic dysfunction may arise through changes in the gut microbiota. Prebiotic fibres have beneficial effects on glucose tolerance, body weight, and gut microbiota; therefore they may have potential as part of a dietary strategy for NAFLD treatment.