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Filter by:Few studies have evaluated an extensive list of possible risk factors for NAFLD for their association with presence and severity of histologic features. We wish to conduct a retrospective study on these possible factors (including demographics, comorbid diseases, and medications) for their association, if any, with severity of histopathologic findings. This study hypothesize that certain risk factors, specifically those contributing to or consisting of metabolic syndrome, will have higher NASH Fibrosis stages.
This single arm interventional cohort study is designed to explore the feasibility of using BT-NCBT-00x to improve liver fat, inflammation, and stiffness in patients diagnosed with NAFLD or NASH over a 3 month intervention.
The purpose of this study is to assess the metabolic effects of plant based diet on healthy young adults.
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are both common diseases related to metabolic diseases with potential cardiovascular consequences and liver complications respectively. Though studies show OSA may take part in the progression of hepatic steatosis, the independent contribution of OSA on liver fat accumulation is unknown. It is hypothesized that nocturnal intermittent hypoxia from OSA is the main driver of NAFLD in non-obese OSA patients. This study is to assess the effect of OSA on NAFLD in non-obese patients.
A Phase II, Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial to Investigate the Anti-oxidant Activity of Heptex in Patients with Apparent Risk Factors of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
This is a Phase 2a, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group, multiple arm, multicenter study of 3 different doses of HPG1860 versus placebo in subjects with biopsy-confirmed or phenotypic NASH.
Hepatic steatosis may cause inflammation and fibrosis within the liver potentially leading to end-stage liver disease cirrhosis, liver failure and death. The condition is associated with several other chronic liver diseases like autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, hereditary hemochromatosis and alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency and may also develop secondary to other diseases like inflammatory bowel disease and chronic pancreatitis. Diagnosing chronic liver diseases can be challenging and treatment may be limited. In-depth phenotyping at a tissue level may generate insight into the underlying pathophysiology of diseases and furthermore identify common as well as specific diagnostic biomarkers and future treatment targets of the diseases. We therefore undertake a study that evaluates patients with chronic liver diseases associated with hepatic steatosis.
Pancreatic cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer mortality in Hong Kong and the seventh leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. In 2020, approximately 496000 new cases of pancreatic cancers were diagnosed globally . Pancreatic cancer is a highly fatal cancer with a case-fatality rate of 94.0% globally. In Hong Kong, both the incidence and mortality of pancreatic cancer have increased over the past decade. Due to the deep-seated location of pancreas, it is difficult to diagnose pancreatic cancer at an early stage, which in turn leads to delays in cancer treatment and poorer survival. Despite advances in oncologic treatment, the 5-year survival rate of metastatic pancreatic cancer remains poor (~2.9%). As such, there has been growing interest to improve pancreatic cancer prevention and survival by: 1. reduction of modifiable risk factors (eg, cigarette smoking, obesity, diabetes), 2. screening for early detection of high-risk pre-malignant lesions in selected high-risks patients with strong family history of pancreatic cancer and/or certain germline mutations of pancreatic cancer susceptibility genes (eg, BRCA1, BRAC2, DNA mismatch repair genes in Lynch Syndrome, etc) by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), and 3. surveillance of pre-malignant precursor lesions such as mucinous pancreatic cystic neoplasms (PCN) by imaging and/or EUS to identify high-risk neoplastic progression indicated for surgical resection.
This study will assess the impact of time-restricted eating (8 hours of eating each day) with standard of care lifestyle recommendations (hypocaloric, Mediterranean diet and 30 minutes of exercise on at least 5 days/week) on the degree of fat in the liver as measured by magnetic resonance imaging.
Identifying patients at risk of NAFLD(Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease), especially severe disease with NASH(nonalcoholic steatohepatitis) and fibrosis, is critical. Prevalence of NAFLD in PLWH(People Living With HIV) evaluated by different imaging techniques including US (ultrasonography), elastography, CT(computed tomography ), and magnetic resonance varies from 13% to 58.6% in all published studies. In previous studies, the effect of ART(Anti-Retroviral Therapy) on NAFLD was limited. A cross-sectional analysis found that INSTI（Integrase strand transfer inhibitor） was associated with a higher prevalence of steatosis in AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) patients. However, it is not clear whether there is a difference in the degree of nonalcoholic steatosis between AIDS patients receiving NNRTI(non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors). Therefore, the investigators plan to conduct a prospective study to assess whether there is any difference in the degree of nonalcoholic steatosis and fibrosis between Chinese HIV(human immunodeficiency virus)/AIDS patients after initial treatment with NNRTI or INSTI, or switching from NNRTI to INSTI.