Clinical trials: Liver Fat
Chronic Liver Disease, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Ultrasound Method to Measure Fibrosis of the Liver in Children
HYPOTHESIS: The investigators hypothesize that sonoelastography (SE) provide accurate quantitative measurements that can be used to stage liver fibrosis in pediatric patients with chronic liver disease.
- Conditions
- Chronic Liver Disease, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, HCV Coinfection, HBV
- Trial name
- NCT02086708
- Testing
- Shear Wave sonoelastography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Cholestasis, Growth Failure
SMOF Lipid for Children With Parenteral Nutrition Induced Liver Injury
While fish-oil lipid emulsions have shown a benefit to the treatment of parenteral nutrition (PN)-associated cholestasis, the dose is limited to 1 g/kg/day.
- Trial name
- SMOF (NCT02412566)
- Testing
- SMOFlipid
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Inflammation, Fatty Liver
Inflammation and Steatosis: the Role of Alpha-defensin
The aim of this study is to examine the correlation between the severity of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis/non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NASH/NAFLD) in naïve and hepatitis C (HCV) positive patients and the amplitude of…
- Trial name
- NCT03358420
- Testing
- Immunohistochemical staining
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
Cholestasis
Low Dose Fat for the Prevention of Liver Disease in Babies With Gastrointestinal Disorders
Neonates with congenital/acquired gastrointestinal disorders are at high risk for Parenteral Nutrition Associated Cholestasis (PNAC).
- Trial name
- NCT01373918
- Testing
- Intralipid
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Insulin Resistance
Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training Exercise in Adolescents With Hepatosteatosis
This is a research study about how short-term exercise intervention affects adolescents with a disease called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
- Conditions
- Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Insulin Resistance, High Intensity Interval Training, Childhood Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT04342390
- Testing
- High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
Potential Role of n-3 Fatty Acids in the Treatment of NAFLD in Pediatric Patients
Nonalcoholic hepatic steatosis (NASH) is defined as the amount greater than 5% of the total liver volume fat. Commonly known as NASH, it includes 4 stages histological ranging from the mere presence of fat to the existence of…
- Trial name
- NCT02201160
- Testing
- omega 3
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- St. Justine's Hospital
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Effect of Fructose Reduction on Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Metabolic Syndrome in Overweight Children
The aim of the present study is to find out if a dietary intervention mainly focusing on fructose reduction has a preventive effect on the development and progression of NAFLD and the metabolic syndrome in overweight children.
- Trial name
- NCT01306396
- Testing
- dietary intervention mainly focusing on fructose reduction
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Hohenheim
Diabetes Mellitus, Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Thermal Imaging of Adiposity in Neonates of Women With Metabolic Diseases
There is limited knowledge about the extent of the impact of maternal metabolic diseases (MD) and/or alterations in maternal serum lipid content upon neonatal lipid distribution and phenotypes.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy, Metabolic Disease
- Trial name
- MRI-TIME (NCT04890886)
- Testing
- Thermal imaging, Echocardiogram, ECG
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Lifestyle Guidance Methods in NAFLD
To determine the efficiency of lifestyle modification (due to a dietitian or digital application) compared to standard of care.
- Trial name
- INDIANA (NCT05792488)
- Testing
- Coach, App, Standard of care
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg
Morbid Obesity, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
LAGB as a Treatment for Morbid Obesity in Adolescents
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) has been used worldwide to help selected morbidly obese adults to lose weight. The FDA has approved LAGB only for patients 18 years or older.
- Conditions
- Morbid Obesity, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance
- Trial name
- NCT01045499
- Testing
- Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (Allergan Lap Band)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 137 people
- Sponsor
- Jeffrey L Zitsman, MD
Obesity (Disorder)
JOULE - Metabolic Adaptation to Weight Loss in Response to a Behavioural Lifestyle Program With or Without Semaglutide in Adolescents With Obesity
The Joule MARS study is a single center, randomized, open label clinical trial aiming to explore the metabolic adaptations that occur in response to weight management in adolescents with obesity.
- Trial name
- JOULE-MARS (NCT06852391)
- Testing
- Semaglutide Pen Injector, Behavioural Lifestyle Program (BLP)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 74 people
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
Milk Thistle Clinical Trial in Pediatric NAFLD
Pediatric Fatty Liver disease is a growing problem in the United States and is expected to be the leading cause of Liver Transplantation in Adults in 20 years.
- Trial name
- NCT06477146
- Testing
- Milk thistle (MT), Lifestyle Modification, Fibroscan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Parenteral Nutrition Associated Liver Disease
Use of Omega-3 Fat Emulsion (Omegaven) in Infants With Parenteral Nutrition Associated Liver Disease
Babies in the newborn intensive care unit who are dependent upon intravenous nutrition for a long period of time frequently develop liver damage. The fat used is called intralipid and is made from soybean oil.
- Trial name
- NCT00862446
- Testing
- Omegaven
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
A Longitudinal Observational Study of Patients With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) and Related Conditions Across the Entire Spectrum of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
TARGET-NASH is a longitudinal observational cohort study of patients being managed for NASH and related conditions across the entire spectrum NAFLD in usual clinical practice.
- Trial name
- NCT02815891
- Where
- 72 sites in United States, Germany and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 7,330 people
- Sponsor
- Target PharmaSolutions, Inc.
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Effect of Modified Time-restricted Feeding in Preventing Progression of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD).
The purpose of the study is to examine the effects of modified time-restricted feeding and conventional dietary approaches in motivated obese fatty liver patients on biochemical markers, imaging studies, and anthropometric…
- Trial name
- NCT03848390
- Testing
- Conventional diet, Modified Time-restricted Feeding, Physical activity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
Using Hydroxychloroquine to Treat Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a serious type of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is characterized by lobular inflammation and apoptosis resulting from hepatic steatosis in the absence of excessive alcohol…
- Trial name
- NCT05733897
- Testing
- hydroxychloroquine
- Where
- 2 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Fatty Liver, Fatty Liver, Alcoholic
Fatty Liver Disease Collaborative Research in China
A multi-center, prospective cohort study on the natural history of fatty liver disease in China
- Conditions
- Fatty Liver, Fatty Liver, Alcoholic, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Trial name
- FLDCR (NCT02391168)
- Where
- 6 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people
- Sponsor
- Fatty Liver and Alcoholic Liver Disease Study Group, China
Chronic Pancreatitis, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Genomic Resources for Enhancing Available Therapies (GREAT1.0) Study
This is a prospective, descriptive, observational research study designed to observe and document the clinical practice by domain experts, and how the knowledge of new findings that are published in the medical literature affect…
- Conditions
- Chronic Pancreatitis, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Hepatitis, NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
- Trial name
- GREAT1 (NCT04306939)
- Testing
- venipuncture, Questionnaires, Additional Sample Collections
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Hepatic Steatosis, NAFLD
Effect of Amino Acids on Hepatic Fat Content in Adolescents (AMINOS Study)
Participants 13-18 years of age with extra fat stored in the liver will be randomly assigned to a protein supplement or placebo "fake supplement" for 2 months to see if the participants who get the protein supplement have less…
- Conditions
- Hepatic Steatosis, NAFLD, Adolescent Obesity
- Trial name
- AMINOS (NCT05935826)
- Testing
- Essential Amino Acid Supplement by Amino Co
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
MASLD, Pediatric
Ultrasound-Based Estimation of Hepatic Steatosis in Pediatric MASLD
The purpose of this study is to validate an artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithm that estimates hepatic steatosis using ultrasound (US) B-mode images in pediatric participants with metabolic dysfunction-associated…
- Trial name
- NCT07265011
- Testing
- Ultrasound and MRI
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jae Won Choi