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Potential Benefits of Itopride in the Management of Patients With Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD)

Phase 2
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Fatty Liver
Fatty Liver Disease
Interventions
Drug: conventional therapy
Registration Number
NCT05966025
Lead Sponsor
October 6 University
Brief Summary

Objective of this study is to determine the clinical benefits of itopride in improvement of MAFLD

Detailed Description

the study will evaluate the possible benefits of itopride when added to pateints with metabolic associated fatty liver disease

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients presented to hepatology clinic . -Patients are diagnosed by ultrasonography and laboratory tests for liver and lipids. - -
  • Patients with comorbidites like hypertension,diabetes,dyslipidemia
Exclusion Criteria
  • Exclusion criteria included the presence of liver disease due to any of the following: viral hepatitis (HBV, HCV)
  • acute systemic disease
  • cystic fibrosis, coeliac disease
  • suspicion of muscular dystrophy, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
  • metabolic inherited diseases
  • autoimmune hepatitis, drug toxicity and drugs known to induce steatosis (e.g. valproate, amiodarone orprednisone).
  • Patients were also excluded if body weight and carbohydrate metabolism were altered by the use of parenteral nutrition
  • protein malnutrition
  • previous gastrointestinal surgery
  • structural abnormalitiesof the gastrointestinal tract or neurological impairment.
  • the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs,antibiotics,sglt2,dpp4,statins,glp1
  • probiotics or anti-secretory drugs capable of causing achlorhydria within 2 months preceding enrolmentwere also considered exclusion criteria.
  • Patient with age below 18 or above 60

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
interventions: drug itoprideItopride• itopride group Weight reduction and life style modification and receive (itopride) 100 mg once dialy for 24 weeks plus their conventional therapy
interventions: drug itoprideconventional therapy• itopride group Weight reduction and life style modification and receive (itopride) 100 mg once dialy for 24 weeks plus their conventional therapy
control groupconventional therapy• control group Weight reduction and life style modification(modification in diet like decrease lipids intak).pateints will recieve their conventional therapy
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
incidence of MAFLD"1 Year "

Highly sensitive CRP in mg\\L by ELIZA, Fibro scan in MHzby fibroscan apparatus, ALT,AST in unit\\liter by blood test

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of mafld" 1 Year"

Decrease LDL in mg\\dl, Triglyceride and total cholesterolin mg\\dl ,HOMA-IR in mg\\dl, IL6,TNF alpha in mg\\l by eliza

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Maha Youssif Fekry

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Giza, Egypt

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