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Register: German Clinical Trials Register
Last refreshed on: 8 April 2024
Main ID:  DRKS00013942
Date of registration: 30/01/2018
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Universität des Saarlandes
Public title: Studies on the gastrointestinal hormone fibroblast growth factor 19 (FGF19) in overweight and obese patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD)
Scientific title: Studies on the gastrointestinal hormone fibroblast growth factor 19 (FGF19) in overweight and obese patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD)
Date of first enrolment: 01/06/2009
Target sample size: 42
Recruitment status: Complete
URL:  http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00013942
Study type:  interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-randomized controlled study; Masking: Open (masking not used); Control: Other; Assignment: parallel; Study design purpose: basic science  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Name: Frank    Lammert
Address:  Kirrbergerstr. 66421 Homburg/Saar Germany
Telephone: +49-6481-16-23202
Email: frank.lammert@uks.eu
Affiliation:  Universitätsklinikum des SaarlandesKlinik für Innere Medizin II
Name: Frank    Lammert
Address:  Kirrbergerstr. 66421 Homburg/Saar Germany
Telephone: +49-6481-16-23202
Email: frank.lammert@uks.eu
Affiliation:  Universitätsklinikum des SaarlandesKlinik für Innere Medizin II
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: written consent,
Age: >18 years,
Controls: healthy and normal weight (BMI
19.0-25.4 kg / m²),
overweight subjects (BMI 25.5-29.9 kg/m²) + NAFLD,
obese subjects (BMI = 30 kg m²) + NAFLD,
Liver diagnostics in overweight and
obese by ultrasound and/or liver biopsy

Exclusion criteria: missing declaration of consent,
NAFLD patients: increased alcohol consumption in medical history and the following acute and chronic liver diseases: cirrhosis, hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis D virus (HDV), cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) infections, hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease, a1-antitrypsin deficiency, and autoimmune hepatitis.


Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: None
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
E66.0

K76.0
E66.0
K76.0
Obesity due to excess calories
Fatty (change of) liver, not elsewhere classified
Intervention(s)
Group 1: Comparison of serum FGF19 concentrations between overweight and obese NAFLD patients and healthy subjects (fasted and after oral fat load)

Group 1: overweight NAFLD subjects

Group 2: Comparison of serum FGF19 concentrations between overweight and obese NAFLD patients and healthy subjects (fasted and after oral fat load)

Group 2: obese NAFLD subjects

Group 3: Comparison of serum FGF19 concentrations between overweight and obese NAFLD patients and healthy subjects (fasted and after oral fat load)


Group 3: healthy volunteers
Primary Outcome(s)
Fasting FGF19 serum concentration and 2, 4 and 6 hours after body-weight-adjusted oral fat load
Secondary Outcome(s)
Concentrations of bile acids and bile acid synthesis marker 7a-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one (C4) are measured by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and high-performance liquid chromatography, respectively; all at 0 (baseline), 2, 4 and 6 hours during the OFTT.
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Universität des Saarlandes
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 28/04/2009
Contact:
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed: 20/12/2010
URL: http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00013942#studyResults
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