Active clinical trials for "Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease"

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.

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).

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.

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

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

This study is conducted to test the hypothesis that in type 2 diabetic adults with fatty liver who are resistant to metformin, treatment with liraglutide in combination with metformin will cause an absolute reduction in liver fat superior to insulin-metformin treatment within a 3-month period, as measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

The impact of popular diets on liver-related health is unclear. In this randomized, controlled trial, patients with NAFLD will be randomized to one of two popular diets or a placebo diet.

This is a study of experimental medication BMS-986036 given to adults with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH; the buildup of fat and inflammation in the liver that is not caused by alcohol) and liver cirrhosis (liver damage characterized by normal liver tissue being replaced by scar tissue).

This study evaluates the influence of vitamin D in reducing laboratory, elastographic (Fibroscan) and metabolic components of NAFLD. Half of the patients will receive vitamin D (Plivit D3) while the other half will receive placebo