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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00576667
Date of registration: 18/12/2007
Primary sponsor: Sanofi-Aventis
Public title: An Efficacy and Safety Study of Rimonabant for Treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) in Patients Without Diabetes
Scientific title: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group Study of Rimonabant 20 mg Daily for the Treatment of Non-Diabetic Patients With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
Date of first enrolment: January 2008
Target sample size: 165
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00576667
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Argentina Australia Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile China
Colombia Croatia France Germany Hungary Italy Malaysia Mexico
Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Spain Switzerland Taiwan
United Kingdom United States
Contacts
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Affiliation:  Sanofi-Aventis
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients with diagnosis of NASH

Exclusion Criteria:

- Excessive alcohol use

- Presence of diabetes mellitus

- Other chronic liver disease

- Previous or current hepatocellular carcinoma

- Use of medication known to cause steatosis

- Previous bariatric surgery

- Pregnancy or breastfeeding

- Presence of any severe medical or psychological condition that, in the opinion of the
investigator, would compromise the patient's safe participation including
uncontrolled serious psychiatric illness such a major depression within the last 2
years, and history of other severe psychiatric disorders.

The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a
patient's potential participation in a clinical trial.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Fatty Liver
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: rimonabant (SR141716)
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in histologic features of NASH from baseline to end of treatment liver biopsy [Time Frame: 24 or more months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Liver fibrosis, AST/ALT, serum hyaluronate [Time Frame: 24 or more months]
Secondary ID(s)
EFC10143
EudraCT 2007-003013-14
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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