Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Trial, Recruiting NCT04987879 Sponsor: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Condition: Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
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Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Trial, Recruiting

NCT04987879
Recruiting Not Applicable

Who may be able to join

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Who might be able to join this trial:

  • People who are between 18 and 69 years old
  • People who are largely inactive, doing less than 90 minutes of exercise per week (as measured by a standard activity questionnaire)
  • People with a body mass index (BMI) above 25 kg/m² (a measure of body weight relative to height)
  • People who have had a liver tissue sample (biopsy) taken within the past six months showing a specific type of liver disease called NASH (a form of fatty liver disease with inflammation), with a severity score above 4 on a standard medical scale
  • People whose liver scan shows more than 5% fat in the liver
  • People whose liver biopsy shows liver scarring (fibrosis) at stages 1 through 3 out of 4

Who may not be able to join:

  • People who currently have active heart or cardiac symptoms
  • People with a BMI above 45 kg/m²
  • People who currently have active cancer
  • People who are unable to walk more than two city blocks
  • People who are currently living in an institution or who are prisoners
  • People who have another type of liver disease (other than NASH)
  • People who are pregnant
  • People whose fatty liver is caused by something other than NASH (confirm with trial site)
  • People with serious other health conditions (confirm with trial site)
  • People whose responses to a standard alcohol questionnaire indicate significant alcohol use
  • People who currently use substances or smoke
  • People whose diabetes is not well controlled — including those whose diabetes medication dose has changed in the past three months, or whose blood sugar level (HbA1c) is above 9%
  • People whose activity questionnaire responses suggest that exercise may not be safe for them

Important: Always verify eligibility with the trial site directly before applying.

Based on publicly available eligibility criteria from ClinicalTrials.gov. Verify directly with the trial site before acting. This is not medical advice.

This is a simplified plain English summary of the eligibility criteria. Full criteria are set by the trial investigators and may include additional requirements not shown here. Never self-exclude from a trial based on this summary. Contact the trial site directly to confirm your eligibility.
Last synced 28 July 2026
This study is not part of the standard drug-approval phase pathway (for example an observational, device, behavioural, or registry study), so a phase success rate does not apply.

Contact this trial

Principal Investigator: Christopher Sciamanna, MD, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Phone: 7175310003

Contact details sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. Verify directly with the trial site before attending.

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Trial details

Status
Recruiting
Phase
Not Applicable
Sponsor
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Registry
ClinicalTrials.gov
Start date
30 August 2022
Est. completion
31 May 2026

Where this trial is recruiting

🇺🇸 United States

Primary endpoints

Change in liver fat

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Expanded access pathways

If this trial is not available to you, other access pathways may exist. In Australia, the TGA Special Access Scheme allows access to unapproved therapeutic goods for individual patients.

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