Active clinical trials for "Fatty Liver"

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether a weight reduction with "Hepafast" in combination with raw food and vegetables for two weeks followed by a meal substitution with "Hepafast" and a calorie restriction in accordance with the Low Glycemic and Insulinemic Diet (LOGI) for 10 weeks is superior regarding improvement of non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) compared to a conventional weight reduction in accordance with the LOGI diet without use of "Hepafast" for 12 weeks.

The major adverse health consequences of obesity occur only when non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) also develops. NAFLD is characterized by abnormal hepatic accumulation of triglycerides and other lipids. The first-line approach to NAFLD management is caloric restriction and weight loss, but these remain difficult to achieve. Little attention has been given to dietary carbohydrate restriction, despite recent reports showing that hepatic de novo lipogenesis, a process that converts dietary carbohydrates into fatty acids in the postprandial state, accounts for approximately 25% of liver triglyceride content in hyperinsulinemic subjects with NAFLD. For comparison, only 15% of the liver triglycerides were derived from dietary fatty acids in patients with NAFLD who had consumed a standardized 30% fat diet for four days before being assessed.

The study is an open-label intervention non pharmacological Cohort Study without control arm in patients with Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and in healthy subjects. The intervention in patients with NAFLD is educational, providing personalized suggestions to improve diet and physical activity; the intervention in healthy subjects is educational, providing general suggestions to improve diet and physical activity.

This trial will investigate the therapeutic potential of a prebiotic supplement to improve histological parameters of NASH. In a single-blind, placebo controlled, randomized pilot trial will be conduced in individuals with liver biopsy confirmed NASH (Non-alcoholic fatty liver activity score (NAS) ≥ 5). Participants will be randomized to receive oligofructose (8 g/day for 12 weeks and 16g/day for 24 weeks) or isocaloric placebo for 9 months. The primary outcome measure is the change in liver biopsy NAS score and the secondary outcomes include changes in body weight, body composition, glucose tolerance, serum lipids, inflammatory markers, and gut microbiota.

Aim: To compare prospectively two bariatric surgery techniques: sleeve gastrectomy (SG) vs gastric bypass (GB) in the evolution of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) measured by the transient elastography in the first year. Methods: This is a randomized clinical trial with morbidly obese patients, between 18-60 years old from a Federal Hospital, Ministry of Health, Brazil. Patients were divided into 2 groups: group 1 - SG (n = 30) and group 2 - GB (n = 30). The randomization was made by lots. In the GB the investigators created 30 ml pouch, with a pancreatic and an alimentary limb of 1 meter, and a calibrated gastroenterostomy (1.5 cm diameter). In SG the investigators calibrated the gastric tube with a bougie number 32 (70 ml). The variables were compared one week before surgery and in the postoperative time (1, 3, 6 and 12 months). The variables were: patient anthropometry, laboratory tests and the transient liver elastography.

Characterization of the human microbiome in the jejunum and comparison to the microbiome in the rectum and stool in order to see how the microbial communities change within the intestines.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), defined by fatty infiltration of the liver in the absence of excess alcohol consumption, affects an estimated 30% of adults in the United States. A proportion of people with NAFLD will develop progressive, inflammatory nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which can progress to liver cirrhosis and liver failure. NAFLD is expected to be the most common indication for liver transplantation by the year 2020. We hypothesize that among adults with NAFLD, aspirin will reduce intrahepatic lipid content, as quantified by 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS).

sixty female patients suffering from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease were randomly divided into two equal groups group 1 received electroacupuncture stimulation for 6 weeks at special points of stimulation. group 2 was a control group that received nothing without any change in lifestyle and we assed the response of lipid profile post-treatment protocol in both groupes

The purpose of the study is to see if the drug colesevelam is a potential treatment for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis(NASH).

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with obstructive sleep apnea. Abnormalities in liver enzymes can improve following continuous positive airway pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Computerized tomography can be used to quantify fatty liver changes. We hypothesize that continuous positive airway pressure can reduce morphologic fatty liver changes in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and non-alcoholic fatty liver, an that this reduction can be evident using computerized tomography