The Liver Health Study for Patients with NAFLD

NCT ID: NCT03151798

Last Updated: 2024-12-19

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

336 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-08-09

Study Completion Date

2023-04-29

Brief Summary

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The study will investigate whether the level of fat stored in the liver is related to the liver's ability to burn fat.

Detailed Description

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The study has two phases. In Phase I, liver samples from patients undergoing bariatric surgery or a diagnostic liver biopsy will be tested for the ability to burn fatty acids. In Phase II, patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease will participate in either a nine-month lifestyle treatment program or undergo standard care. The goal is to determine how weight loss and exercise improve liver health.

Inpatient comprehensive metabolic tests are performed before and after the nine-months.

Conditions

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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Obesity

Keywords

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Nonalcoholic fatty liver Exercise Weight loss diet

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

In Phase I, liver samples derived from patients undergoing either bariatric surgery or a liver biopsy to diagnose nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, are tested one time in vitro. There is no treatment in Phase I.

In Phase II, only patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (and not those who have had bariatric surgery) are eligible to go into a study in which they are randomly assigned to 1) a lifestyle treatment program or 2) a control group undergoing standard care. Allocation is 2:1 subjects in the treatment vs standard care groups.

Thus, the arms are:

Arm 1: Phase I studies with no treatment, only observational data generated in vitro from the liver samples Arm 2: Phase II lifestyle treatment Arm 3: Phase II control standard of care
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Phase I: Observational studies

Patients are eligible who are undergoing either bariatric surgery or a liver biopsy for the diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Phase I: Observational studies

Intervention Type OTHER

The liver samples from patients undergoing bariatric surgery or a diagnostic liver biopsy will undergo in vitro assays to determine the capacity of the tissue to burn fat

Phase II: Lifestyle treatment

Subjects will undergo lifestyle modification to cause weight loss and improved fitness

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Phase II: Lifestyle treatment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Subjects will undergo energy restriction and exercise training over a 9 month period.

Phase II: Control treatment

Subjects will be given dietary advice and a stretching program.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Phase II: Control treatment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Subjects will receive dietary advice and receive information on a stretching program.

Interventions

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Phase II: Lifestyle treatment

Subjects will undergo energy restriction and exercise training over a 9 month period.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Phase II: Control treatment

Subjects will receive dietary advice and receive information on a stretching program.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Phase I: Observational studies

The liver samples from patients undergoing bariatric surgery or a diagnostic liver biopsy will undergo in vitro assays to determine the capacity of the tissue to burn fat

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Men and women (pre and post-menopausal)
2. Overweight/obese with BMI ≥ 25.9 or \< 50.0 kg/m2
3. Characteristics of the metabolic syndrome, pre-diabetes (fasting glucose 100-125 mg/dL or 2h glucose 140-200 mg/dL) or diabetes type 2, or undergoing bariatric surgery
4. 22-65 years of age
5. Sedentary, \< 60 minutes per week of structured physical activity
6. Alcohol intake\< 20 g/d

Exclusion Criteria

1. Having undergone bariatric surgery.
2. Acute disease or advanced cardiac or renal disease, anticoagulation therapy, or any severe co-morbid condition limiting life expectancy \< 1 years
3. Other causes of hepatitis including hepatitis B \& C, autoimmune hepatitis, hemochromatosis, celiac disease, Wilson's disease, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, medication-induced hepatitis, any clinical or biochemical evidence of decompensated liver disease
4. Use of steroids or other drugs that cause NAFLD
5. Pregnant or trying to become pregnant
6. Inability to exercise on a bike or treadmill
Minimum Eligible Age

22 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Missouri-Columbia

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Elizabeth Jane Parks

Professor, Nutrition and Exercise Physiology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Elizabeth Parks, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Missouri-Columbia

Jamal Ibdah, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Missouri-Columbia

Scott Rector, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Missouri-Columbia

Locations

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University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Syed-Abdul MM, Moore MP, Wheeler A, Ganga RR, Diaz-Arias A, Rector RS, Ibdah JA, Parks EJ. Improvements in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) after metabolic surgery is linked to an increased hepatic fatty acid oxidation-a case report. AME Surg J. 2021 Jun 30;1:4. doi: 10.21037/asj-20-5.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40255245 (View on PubMed)

Mucinski JM, Salvador AF, Moore MP, Fordham TM, Anderson JM, Shryack G, Cunningham RP, Lastra G, Gaballah AH, Diaz-Arias A, Ibdah JA, Rector RS, Parks EJ. Histological improvements following energy restriction and exercise: The role of insulin resistance in resolution of MASH. J Hepatol. 2024 Nov;81(5):781-793. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2024.06.017. Epub 2024 Jun 22.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38914313 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2008258

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id