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Biomarkers and cardiovascular risk in disease models of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Completed
Conditions
fatty liver
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
10019654
10021605
10003216
Registration Number
NL-OMON48654
Lead Sponsor
Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
85
Inclusion Criteria

Healthy individuals:
- age ><= 18 years, NAFLD disease models (n<=15 per group):
- diagnosis of glycogen storage disease 1a (GSD1a), familial partial
lipodystrophy (FPL), maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 2 (MODY2) or
abetalipoproteniemia/familial hypobetalipoproteinemia
- age ><= 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

- Contraindications for MRI (i.e. claustrophobia, heart pacemaker or other
electronic devices implanted in the body, history of collapse or seizure, or
pregnancies < 12 weeks)
- Inability to give inform consent

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>a set of candidate biomarkers of DNL measured in plasma</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Secondary outcome: endothelial function (reactive hyperaemia peripheral<br /><br>applanation tonometry, laser doppler flowmetry and plasma biomarkers)<br /><br>Other parameters: hepatic fat accumulation (magnetic resonance spectroscopy)<br /><br>and fat distribution (MRI)</p><br>
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