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N-acetyl Cysteine and Patients with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Simple Steatosis Non Fatty Liver
Interventions
Drug: N acetyl cysteine with weight reduction
Registration Number
NCT05589584
Lead Sponsor
Ain Shams University
Brief Summary

Effect of N-acetyl cysteine on markers of oxidative stress and insulin resistance in patients with Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria
  • Males or females aged 18-60 years diagnosed with NAFLD
Exclusion Criteria
  • History of alcohol consumption, drug addiction or the use of medications known to precipitate steatohepatitis.
  • Patients with schistosomiasis, active hepatitis B or C, autoimmune and diabetes mellitus.
  • current Consumption of any antioxidant supplements and hepatotoxic drug.
  • Pregnancy or lactation or expecting to get pregnant during the study.
  • Medical, psychological, or pharmacological factors interfering with the collection or interpretation of study data.
  • Active Cancer patients.
  • Anyone having hypersensitivity to N-acetylcysteine.
  • Anyone already taking N-acetylcysteine.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
interventionN acetyl cysteine with weight reductionNAC and weight reduction program
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
assessment of the effect of NAC on leptin3 months

leptin as insulin resistance marker in NAFLD

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
assessment of the effect of NAC on MDA3 months

MDA as oxidative stress marker in NAFLD

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

NHTMRI

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Cairo, Egypt

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