utrition Education in Non-Alcoholic Liver Disease
- Conditions
- C06.552.241on-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
- Registration Number
- RBR-4wsbmjf
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal do Paraná.
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Patients must be over 18 years of age; must not be significant drinkers; and this self-reported questioning is foreseen in the nutritionist consultation protocol. Alcohol consumption is considered significant if defined as > 21 drinks per week in men and > 14 drinks per week in women in a two-year period prior to baseline liver histology
Patients with positive serology for hepatitis B and C and HIV will be excluded from the study; patients with disabsorptive diseases (Chron's Disease, Celiac Disease); with chronic kidney disease; who are on the waiting list for bariatric surgery; pregnant and lactating women. People using steatogenic drugs or with hereditary liver diseases or who are not able to answer the nutritional literacy questionnaire with or without the help of the researcher or even patients who report frequent alcoholic intake will also be excluded
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method It is expected to find a difference in body weight with weight loss of 5% to 10% of body weight and reduction in centripetal adipose mass with a reduction in waist measurement
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cessation of NAFLD progression is expected by means of liver enzymes; improvement in the cure prognosis of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD); weight loss continuity; improvement in consumption pattern; self-reported quality of life improvement