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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT00637520
Date of registration: 12/03/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Duke University
Public title: Insulin Resistance in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Case Control Study
Scientific title: Insulin Resistance in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Case Control Study
Date of first enrolment: July 2007
Target sample size: 29
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00637520
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Manal F Abdelmalek, MD., MPH
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Faculty Member
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Biochemical and liver histologic features to confirm the presence of a healthy liver,
fatty liver, and/or non-fatty liver with inflammation due to another etiology besides
NAFLD.

Exclusion Criteria:

- > 20 grams of alcohol/day

- Impaired oral glucose tolerance test

- Clinical or histologic evidence of cirrhosis (stage 5-6 fibrosis) or portal
hypertension.

- Chronic hepatitis C infection

- Known diabetes mellitus or need for insulin-sensitizing agents and/or insulin therapy.

- Pregnancy



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Insulin Resistance
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Determine if IR is associated with altered parameters of lipid metabolism as compared to matched controls [Time Frame: 36 months]
Measure Insulin Resistance (IR) and clearance its effects on lipid metabolism, inflammatory response, and oxidative stress using intravenous glucose tolerance testing in patients with NAFLD as compared to matched controls. [Time Frame: 36 months]
Measure the differential effects of IR and lipid metabolism on peripheral mononuclear cell (PBMC) inflammatory response and the associated hepatocyte mitochondrial ultrastructure and measures of oxidative stress. [Time Frame: 36 Months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
8592
Pro00006742
NIH K23 Award
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
University of Florida
Ethics review
Results
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