A multicentre, randomized, single-blind, parallel-controlled study of acupoint catgut embedding for metabolic fatty liver disease
- Conditions
- Metabolic fatty liver disease
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2100004943
- Lead Sponsor
- Shuguang Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Universtiy of Traditonal Chinese Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
1. Meet MAFLD diagnostic criteria;
2. ALT and AST are 5 times lower than the upper limit of normal;
3. Between the ages of 18 and 65 years old, regardless of gender;
4. Not taking drugs related to THE treatment of MAFLD;
5. Signed informed consent.
5) Signing the informed consent.
1. Other acute or chronic liver diseases;
2. Patients with serious primary diseases such as heart, brain, kidney and hematopoietic system;
3. Patients with acute fatty liver of pregnancy, lipid deposition disease, focal fatty liver, hepatic adipose tumor, etc.;
4. Psychopaths;
5. Women who are pregnant or trying to become pregnant, breast-feeding women;
6. Unstable body weight (change > 5% in the first 3 months);
7. Patients with diabetes who are taking insulin or oral hypoglycemic drugs;
8. Current use of weight loss medications (e.g. Orlistat);
9. Patients with anaphylactic specific constitution;
10. Those who cannot strictly follow the treatment plan.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method MRI determination of proton density and fat content;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Instantaneous elastic hardness test of liver;