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62 active trials for NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

Evaluation of Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Aldafermin in a Phase 2b, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multi-center Study In Subjects With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Stage 2/3 Fibrosis (ALPINE 2/3)

This is a multi-center evaluation of NGM282 in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study administered for 24 weeks in participants with histologically confirmed NASH and F2/F3 Fibrosis.

Start: April 2019

The Liver in the World Trade Center Health Program General Responder Cohort and Controls

This project investigates whether exposure to the World Trade Center Attack is a risk factor for liver injury.

Start: May 2018

Effects of Exercise on VLDL-TG Metabolism

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) covers a spectrum from reversible hepatic steatosis to inflammation and fibrosis termed steatohepatitis (NASH) and cirrhosis. New evidence indicates that NAFLD is associated with development of heart failure, abnormal ventricular glucose and fatty acid (FA) utilisation and cardiosteatosis. The mechanisms behind cardiac involvement and the progression from NAFL to NASH are poorly understood but must include altered cardiac and intrahepatic lipid handling. In collaboration with renowned research groups from Oxford, Mayo Clinic and Copenhagen we plan comprehensive kinetic studies of heart and liver FA uptake and oxidation, ventricular function and substrate utilisation, and hepatic triglyceride (TG) secretion in order to assess mechanisms governing cardiac and hepatic lipid and glucose trafficking in subjects with NAFL and NASH and the relationship with heart function. In addition, we will assess skeletal muscle and adipose tissue enzyme activities, gene expression and protein concentrations in these subjects to define mechanisms involved in the cross-talk between heart, liver, muscle and adipose tissues. We will address these questions using innovative tracer techniques (11Cpalmitate, 11C acetate, 18FDG glucose PET tracers and TG tracers) in combination with hepatic vein catherisation to study cardiac and liver substrate trafficking, as well as NMR spectroscopy, echocardiography, muscle and fat biopsies in combination with state-of-the art muscle and adipose tissue enzyme kinetics, gene- and protein expression. Effects of acute exercise as well as GLP-1 agonist and SGLT-2 inhibitor treatment (alone and in combination) will be assessed. The overarching goals are to define abnormalities and differences between NAFLD and NASH in hepatic lipid (FA and TG) metabolism and to assess hepatic, adipose and skeletal muscle lipid and substrate utilisation.

Start: December 2018

The European NAFLD Registry

The European NAFLD Registry is a prospectively recruited, observational study supporting the study of the clinical phenotype, natural history, disease outcomes and pathophysiology of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis. The ultimate goals are to better understand the drivers of interpatient variation in disease pathophysiology and severity and to utilise this information to develop and validate biomarkers that, singly or in combination, enable detection and monitoring of disease progression and/or from NAFL through NASH to fibrosis and cirrhosis.

Start: May 2015

Safety and Efficacy of Ketogenic Diet for Promoting Weight Loss in Obese Individuals With Compensated NASH Cirrhosis

This is an open-label, randomized study comparing a monitored ketogenic diet intervention using standard ketogenic diet (SKD) and standard of care (SOC) dietary recommendations for 16 weeks. Subjects enrolled in the standard of care group will receive a voucher to Weight Watchers after study completion.

Start: August 2020

Mechanism of DCs Dysfunction in Chronic HBV Infection

This research is to better understand the functional impairments of Dendritic cells (DCs) in chronic HBV infection. Aim is to determine if the virus is able to bind to the C-type lectin receptor (CLRs) of DCs to modulate their functions, also, to define the role of viral components and the molecular mechanisms of DCs modulation by HBV. This project should provide a better understanding of the mechanisms by which the immune response is altered by HBV and the immunological control of the infection, and thus propose new immunotherapeutic strategies based on the restoration of DC functions by releasing of virally-induced inhibitions, compromising the infection chronicity

Start: December 2018

Mild Hypothermia and Acute Kidney Injury in Liver Transplantation

Acute kidney injury (AKI), or worsening kidney function, is a common complication after liver transplantation (20-90% in published studies). Patients who experience AKI after liver transplantation have higher mortality, increased graft loss, longer hospital and intensive care unit stays, and more progression to chronic kidney disease compared with those who do not. In this study, half of the participants will have their body temperature cooled to slightly lower than normal (mild hypothermia) for a portion of the liver transplant operation, while the other half will have their body temperature maintained at normal. The study will evaluate if mild hypothermia protects from AKI during liver transplantation.

Start: July 2018

Spironolactone Therapy In Young Women With NASH

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), or fat-related liver inflammation and scarring is projected to be the leading cause of cirrhosis in the United States (U.S.) within the next few years. Women are at disproportionate risk for NASH, with approximately 15 million U.S. women affected. There is an urgent need to understand risk factors for NASH and its progression in women, and sex hormones may provide a missing link. The investigator's preliminary data support a detrimental role of androgens, or "male sex hormones" on fatty liver in women but no studies have evaluated whether androgens are associated with liver inflammation and/or scarring from fatty liver (aka NASH). To better understand the mechanism by which androgens might promote NASH and/or metabolic co-factors that contribute to NASH, the investigators are conducting a pilot clinical trial to primarily assess the feasibility of using an androgen blocking medication, spironolactone, in women with NASH. Spironolactone was selected because it is has been commonly prescribed for decades with good safety profile and tolerability to treat symptoms of high androgens, like acne and hirsutism in young women. Though primarily a feasibility-focused study, the investigators also aim to explore the pathways by which blocking testosterone receptors might alter the biologic processes that promote NASH and its associated metabolic co-morbidities in women.

Start: January 2019

A Study of CRV431 Dosed Once Daily in NASH Induced F2 and F3 Subjects

This is a randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled, once daily (QD) dose study of CRV431 in presumed NASH F2/F3 subjects.

Start: June 2020

Effects of ACC Inhibitor on Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism

The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of an investigational drug, PF-05221304 (PF'1304) on the way the liver handles fat. The planned study will identify why the fat in the blood increases at the same time this drug reduces fat in the liver. The study will have two treatment periods of 6 weeks each, separated by a 3 week rest period with no treatment. The subjects will receive the active drug in one of the 6 week treatment periods and a placebo in the other 6 week period. The investigators will know when the subjects are receiving active treatment or placebo, but the subject will not know.

Start: July 2020

To Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, PK, and PD of XW003 Injection in Healthy Adult Participants

XW003 is an acylated human GLP-1 analogue and is being development for obesity management. This is a first-in-human (FIH), single-centre, double blind, randomised, SAD study of XW003 conducted in healthy adult participants. The study is designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, PK, and PD of XW003 in healthy participants.

Start: March 2020

PROtocol of Metabolic and Cryptogenic livEr Disease regisTry for intEgration of Omic Studies

The main aim of the study is to set up an observational cohort with NAFLD (Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) at different stage of disease (from simple steatosis to cirrhosis and/or HCC-Hepatocellular carcinoma) and for comparative purpose a cohort of subjects with diabetes and/or obesity and/or other risk factors (i.e. psoriasis, IBD (inflammatory bowel disease), dyslipidemia) without NAFLD in order to have a clinical phenotypical characterization and the collection of biological specimens. We will collect clinical data, biological samples and imaging results in order to perform future cross-sectional studies and/or longitudinal studies for elucidating pathways of the disease and develop and validate biomarkers for diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring liver disease and comorbidities in order to contribute to precision medicine in this field.

Start: September 2019

Bariatric Surgery vs. Lifestyle Modification for NASH

Randomized Controlled Trial comparing the effects of Bariatric Surgery vs. Lifestyle modification on NASH resolution.

Start: February 2020

Splanchnic and Systemic VLDL-TG and FFA Balance

To determine differences between NAFLD and NASH subjects with respect to hepatic FA metabolism (uptake, oxidation, and re-esterification) and hepatic VLDL-TG secretion and peripheral kinetics (oxidation and tissue storage). 8 non-diabetic upper-body obese subjects with NAFLD and 8 with NASH (biopsy proven) will be studied in the overnight fasted state. VLDL-TG stable isotope will be used in combination with hepatic vein catherization to directly measure splanchnic VLDL-TG uptake and secretion. FFA (palmitate) tracers as well as adipose tissue and skeletal muscle biopsies will be used to measure whole-body substrate turnover and flexibility as well as tissue specific substrate handling during fasting and hyperinsulinemic conditions.

Start: December 2018

An Open-Label Study to Assess the Hepatic Protection Effect of SNP-612, in Patients With NAFLD

The primary objective of the study is to compare the changes in ALT to baseline among patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) following the 3-month treatment of 3 different dosing regimens of SNP-612. The secondary objectives will be to compare the changes in other liver function tests, cytokeratin-18 (CK-18) fragment level and adverse event / serious adverse event rates.

Start: August 2017

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of SNP-610 for the Treatment of Patients With Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis

The primary objective of the study is to compare the changes in serum ALT level among patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) following 3-month treatment of 800 mg SNP-610 or the placebo. The secondary objectives will be to compare the changes in liver fat fraction, other liver function tests, cytokeratin-18 (CK-18) fragment level and adverse event / serious adverse event rates among the interventional and placebo arms.

Start: June 2020

Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis in Relation to Visceral and Subcutaneous Fat

Evaluate the relationship between the severity of fatty liver in NAFLD assessed by ultrasonography and CT and the visceral fat area measured by CT

Start: February 2020

NASH and Type 2 Diabetes: Role of the Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-?B (RANK) and Its Ligand (RANKL)

Non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD) include several entities ranging from simple steatosis to hepatic fibrosis or cirrhosis. Steatosis, considered benign and the first stage of the disease, is characterized by the accumulation of triglycerides in the liver. It may in some cases progress to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which is characterized by the presence of a marked inflammation with or without fibrosis. NAFLD is the most common liver disease in the world and is particularly associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) (80% in the diabetic population). While NASH is characterized by a higher prevalence of mortality from a cardiac and hepatic (cirrhosis and cancer) origin, therapeutic resources are almost non-existent. RANK (receptor activator of NF-kB) and its ligand RANKL (a member of the TNFalpha family) have emerged in recent years as new players in bone pathophysiology. By binding to its receptor, RANKL induces a number of signaling pathway and in particular the NF-kB pathway (Nuclear factor-kB), a major player in inflammation. Recent literature shows that the role of RANK / RANKL is not confined to the bone but may be involved in the genesis of inflammation in other tissues. It has been shown recently that a high circulating level of RANKL was a risk factor predictor of T2DM. Furthermore, the invalidation of RANK specifically in hepatocytes protects from insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis induced by a high fat diet in mice. The aim of our project is to provide a proof of concept that the RANKL / RANK system plays an important role in the pathogenesis of NAFLD and in the progression of this disease to NASH. The aim of our project is to provide a proof of concept that the RANKL / RANK system plays an important role in the pathogenesis of NAFLD and in the progression of this disease to NASH. The investigator propose to study the RANKL / RANK expression in serum and liver biopsies of type 2 diabetic patients at different stages of NAFLD.

Start: February 2020

Curcumin for Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

This is a single-center, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, parallel treatment groups phase 2a study of curcumin for pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

Start: October 2019

Role of a Wheat Containing Diet on Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis

Effects of Wheat-based diet vs. ATI-free diet on NASH

Start: October 2018