Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Database 3

NCT ID: NCT04454463

Last Updated: 2025-08-13

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

1649 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-11-13

Study Completion Date

2025-07-09

Brief Summary

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The NAFLD Database 3 will enroll approximately 1500 adult patients and 750 pediatric patients suspected or known to have NAFLD or NASH-related cirrhosis. To elucidate, through the cooperative effort of a multidisciplinary and multicenter group of collaborators, the etiology, natural history, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of NAFLD, and in particular its more severe form of NASH and its complications.

Detailed Description

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This is a multicenter, prospective follow-up study of patients with known nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The primary objective of the study is to investigate the etiology, pathogenesis, natural history, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of NAFLD and NASH.

Conditions

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Liver Diseases

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Adult patients with NAFLD

1500 patients 18 years and older at the time of enrollment.

No interventions assigned to this group

Pediatric patients with NAFLD

750 patients 2 years or older and up to 17 years old at the time of enrollment.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 2 years of age or older as of the initial screening interview and provision of consent
* Willingness to participate in the study for 1 or more years
* Histologic evidence of NAFLD or NASH based upon a standard of care liver biopsy
* Collection of serum and plasma up to 90 days before or 4- 90 days after standard of care liver biopsy
* Absence of regular or excessive use of alcohol within 2 years prior to initial screening

Exclusion Criteria

* Clinical or histological evidence of alcoholic liver disease: Regular and excessive use of alcohol within the 2 years prior to interview defined as alcohol intake greater than 14 drinks per week in a man or greater than 7 drinks per week in a woman. Approximately 10 g of alcohol equals one 'drink' unit. One unit equals 1 ounce of distilled spirits, one 12-oz beer, or one 4-oz glass of wine
* Total parenteral nutrition for more than 1 month within a 6-month period before baseline liver biopsy
* Short bowel syndrome
* History of gastric or jejunoileal bypass preceding the diagnosis of NAFLD. Bariatric surgery performed following enrollment is not exclusionary. Liver biopsies obtained during bariatric surgery cannot be used for enrollment because of the associated surgical or anesthetic acute changes and the weight loss efforts that precede bariatric surgery
* History of biliopancreatic diversion
* Evidence of advanced liver disease defined as a Child-Pugh-Turcotte score equal to or greater than 10
* Evidence of chronic hepatitis B as marked by the presence of HBsAg in serum (patients with isolated antibody to hepatitis B core antigen, anti-HBc total, are not excluded)
* Evidence of chronic hepatitis C as marked by the presence of anti-HCV or HCV RNA in serum
* Low alpha-1-antitrypsin level and ZZ phenotype (both determined at the discretion of the investigator)
* Wilson's disease
* Known glycogen storage disease
* Known dysbetalipoproteinemia
* Known phenotypic hemochromatosis (HII greater than 1.9 or removal of more than 4 g of iron by phlebotomy)
* Prominent bile duct injury (florid duct lesions or periductal sclerosis) or bile duct paucity
* Chronic cholestasis
* Vascular lesions (vasculitis, cardiac sclerosis, acute or chronic Budd-Chiari, hepatoportal sclerosis, peliosis)
* Iron overload greater than 3+
* Zones of confluent necrosis, infarction, massive or sub-massive, pan-acinar necrosis
* Multiple epithelioid granulomas
* Congenital hepatic fibrosis
* Polycystic liver disease
* Other metabolic or congenital liver disease
* Evidence of systemic infectious disease
* Known HIV positive
* Disseminated or advanced malignancy
* Concomitant severe underlying systemic illness that in the opinion of the investigator would interfere with completion of follow-up
* Active drug use or dependence that, in the opinion of the study investigator, would interfere with adherence to study requirements
* Any other condition, which in the opinion of the investigator would impede compliance or hinder completion of study
* Inability to complete the appropriate informed consent process
Minimum Eligible Age

2 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Baylor College of Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Case Western Reserve University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Duke University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Indiana University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Liver Institute Northwest

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Seattle Children's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

St. Louis University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of California, San Diego

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of California, San Francisco

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Southern California

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Virginia Commonwealth University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Emory University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Arun Sanyal, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

Brent Tetri, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

St Louis University Hospital

Locations

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University of California, San Diego- Adults

La Jolla, California, United States

Site Status

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

University of California, San Diego Pediatrics

San Diego, California, United States

Site Status

University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States

Site Status

Emory University-Pediatrics

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Site Status

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Indiana University- Adults

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Site Status

Riley Hospital for Children

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Site Status

St. Louis University

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Site Status

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor University

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Site Status

Liver Institute Northwest

Seattle, Washington, United States

Site Status

Seattle Children's Hospital- SEA

Seattle, Washington, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Related Links

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http://jhuccs1.us/nash/

Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Consortium

Other Identifiers

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U01DK061732

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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U01DK061713

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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U01DK061737

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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U01DK061718

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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U01DK061734

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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U01DK061738

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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U01DK061728

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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U01DK061731

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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U24DK061730

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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IRB00242326

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NAFLD Database 3

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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