Active clinical trials for "Liver Diseases"

The purpose of this study is to understand why Hispanics who are overweight have a higher incidence of fatty liver disease.

The purpose of this study is to assess the pharmacokinetics and safety of a 48-hour continuous infusion of conivaptan in subjects with severe liver impairment compared to subjects with normal liver function.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect on the (carbon 13 labelled(13C)-Methacetin Breath Test (MBT) of i.v. propranolol, a non-selective beta blocker (NSBB) following initial administration and after chronic use of each of these agents. The correlation of the MBT with Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient (HVPG) measurement before and after treatment will be assessed. Additionally, the MBT measurements following 60 days of therapy will be compared to the first MBT measurement and to the second MBT measurement, post HVPG. Each patient's subsequent MBT measurement will be compared to his previous MBT results in order to determine his/her response to therapy.

The purpose of this study is to investigate potential metabolic effects of resveratrol in obese healthy men with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The investigators hypothesize that resveratrol will: decrease hepatic very-low-density-lipoprotein-triglyceride (VLDL-TG) secretion decrease liver fat content increase insulin sensitivity The investigators will look at changes in: lipid turnover (VLDL-TG kinetics, palmitate kinetics, indirect calorimetry) liver fat content (MR liver spectroscopy) insulin sensitivity (glucose kinetics during hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic clamp) body composition (DXA and MRI) lipase activity and fat cell size (fat biopsy from abdominal and femoral adipose tissue)

The study aims to investigate and compare the effect of Mirabegron (YM178) on subjects with mild and moderate hepatic impairment compared to healthy subjects.

This is a study to characterize the pharmacokinetics as well as safety and tolerability of a single oral dose of LCZ696 200 mg in subjects with mild and moderate hepatic impairment compared to matched healthy subjects

GSK1349572 is an integrase inhibitor that is currently in clinical development for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. GSK1349572 is metabolized primarily by uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase (UGT)1A1 with a minor role of Cytochrome P450 (CYP)3A. Hepatic impairment could potentially alter the clearance and plasma protein binding of GSK1349572. This study will evaluate the single dose pharmacokinetics and safety of GSK1349572 in healthy subjects and in subjects with mild or moderate hepatic impairment based on Child-Pugh category. This is a single-dose, open-label, parallel group, two-part, adaptive study in adult males and females with mild or moderate hepatic impairment and matched, healthy control subjects with normal hepatic function. Healthy control subjects (16) will be matched for gender, age, and BMI to the subjects in the mild (8) or moderate (8) hepatic impairment category. In Part 1, approximately 8 subjects with moderate hepatic impairment (cohort 1) and 8 matched, control subjects (cohort 2) will each receive GSK1349572 50 mg as a single dose in the fasted state followed by pharmacokinetic sampling for total concentrations of GSK1349572 in plasma. Free (unbound) plasma concentrations of GSK1349572 will also be evaluated at sparse, selected time points. If the geometric mean total plasma area under the concentration curve (AUC) of GSK1349572 is increased by > 2-fold in moderately impaired subjects compared to matched controls, Part 2 will be conducted to evaluate GSK1349572 pharmacokinetics in another group of subjects with mild impairment (8, cohort 3) and matched, control subjects (8, cohort 4). Vital signs, electrocardiograms (ECGs), and adverse events will be monitored throughout the study. A follow-up visit will occur 7-10 days after the dose of study drug.

A study to evaluate the amount of fostamatinib in the blood in subjects with impaired hepatic (liver) function compared with healthy volunteers with normal liver function. The study will also evaluate safety and tolerability in subjects with hepatic impairment.

Anesthesia may affect the function of vital organs. Liver is one of them. The investigator's hypothesis is that intravenous or inhalation anesthesia does not impair liver function as assessed by more elegant tests like markers indicating liver apoptosis. In the present randomized prospective trial female patients scheduled for mastectomy or thyroidectomy will receive inhalation or total intravenous anesthesia and markers for liver dysfunction will be determined.

One single study has suggested that bone mineral density (BMD) is reduced in patients with non-cirrhotic chronic viral hepatitis C. Antiviral combination therapy with standard interferon and ribavirin may further decrease BMD. The aim of this study is to systematically investigate the effect of chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 infection alone and current standard therapy with peginterferon alfa-2a/ribavirin on BMD and bone metabolism.