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The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients with stage 1-3 NASH-related fibrosis are able to complete a single vigorous-intensity interval training (VIIT) session on an indoor rowing machine and provide blood samples before and afterwards. The results of this study will provide the foundation for future research on the role of VIIT in treating NASH.
This study will assess the efficacy and safety of 3 doses of PXL770 versus placebo after 12 weeks of treatment.
1. To evaluate hepatic fibrosis and steatosis using MR imaging, transient elastography (TE), and serum biomarker 2. To develop non-invasive diagnosis marker for NASH and advanced fibrosis
This is a treatment study to determine if reducing the body's iron stores by blood donation will improve diabetes control and other problems associated with diabetes such as fatty liver disease.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a progressive liver disease ranging from simple steatosis to cirrhosis of the liver. Nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) without substantial hepatocellular injury is thought to be relatively benign whereas nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is characterized by hepatocyte steatosis, ballooning, inflammation and varying degrees of fibrosis from none to cirrhosis. NASH is strongly associated with insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome and thus is recognized as a major public health concern as the most prevalent liver disease. Liver biopsy is the gold standard for a diagnosis of NASH. However, given the large population of patients at risk for NASH, liver biopsy is not a practical method for determining which patients may benefit from NASH therapy. Non-invasive methods to estimate inflammation and fibrosis are in clinical use, but there remains a dichotomy between gold standard inclusion criteria and end points that are utilized in clinical trials and real world diagnostic methods that are more common in clinical practice. Thus, the investigators would like to conduct an observational study to head-to-head compare the non-invasive methods and liver biopsy in differential liver steatosis and liver biopsy in a real-world setting. Also, by following up patients for a relatively long time (proposed 10 years), the investigators can present the natural history of disease progression.
The study will investigate whether the level of fat stored in the liver is related to the liver's ability to burn fat.
Vitamin D deficiency is very common in patients with fatty liver disease as evidenced by our observations in the Metabolic Liver Clinic and that reported by others. We also observed that patients with more severe fatty liver disease had lower Vitamin D concentrations. Others have shown that replacing Vitamin D in patients with cirrhosis is effective and even patients with Vitamin D replete status have lowering of Vitamin D over time if not supplemented. One of the measures of liver injury in NAFLD is the plasma concentration of ALT and we will use this to follow patients as is currently done as standard of care. All patients in the Metabolic Liver Clinic are being routinely screened for Vitamin D deficiency as standard of care and treatment is being started with oral supplementation, but there are not standardized protocols to determine success of therapy. We hypothesize that patients with NAFLD with low Vitamin D levels will respond appropriately to Vitamin D supplementation for 6 months.
This study aimed to observe whether a hydrolyzed oyster extract improves liver health in participants whose alanine transaminase (ALT) levels are1-3 fold above the normal. A total of 96 participants will be randomly allocated to active (oyster) or placebo group (1:1). Each group will receive 750 mg of oyster extract or placebo per day for 8 weeks. Primary outcome will be the change in ALT level and secondary outcomes will be; (1) ratios of participants with normal ALT, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT); (2) the change in serum bilirubin; (3) the change in multi-dimensional fatigue inventory; (4) the changes in serum lipids; (5) the changes in antioxidant enzymes.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of curcumin supplement on metabolic factors and hepatic fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver patients with type 2 diabetes. Subjects will participate in 3 month, two group, randomized intervention, where one group (n=25) will take 1.5g/d curcumin and the other group (n=25) will take a placebo to compare differences in outcomes between the two groups.