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临床试验/NCT00681733
NCT00681733Unknown不适用

A Study Of Metabolic Factors And Efficacy Of Pentoxifylline Versus Pioglitazone In Lean And Obese Nash (Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis) Patients.

Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital1 个研究点 分布在 1 个国家目标入组 20 人开始时间: 2007年1月最近更新:
适应症
干预措施
相关药物

试验速览

阶段
不适用
入组人数
20
试验地点
1
主要终点
Improvement in metabolic profile and histology

研究概览

简要总结

  1. To assess the metabolic factors in lean and obese patients with NASH.
  2. To compare the efficacy of pentoxifylline versus pioglitazone on the metabolic profile and liver histology of NASH patients.

详细描述

A total of 40 patients with biopsy proven NASH will be enrolled.

Inclusion criteria

  • Abdominal USG showing diffusely echogenic liver suggestive of fatty infiltration of liver.
  • ALT > 1.2 times the upper limit of normal for > 6 months.(atleast three readings one month apart)
  • Liver Biopsy showing steatosis affecting >10% of hepatocytes with necroinflammatory activity, ballooning hepatocytes &/ or fibrosis.

Exclusion criteria

  • Alcohol intake of more than 20g/wk
  • Evidence of viral/ autoimmune hepatitis
  • PBC (Primary biliary cirrhosis)
  • Biliary obstrution
  • Wilson disease
  • Haemchromatosis
  • Decompensated cirrhosis
  • Drug ingestion of the follwing drugs for a period of more than 4 weeks during past 6 weeks

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional
分配方式
Randomized
干预模型
Parallel
主要目的
Treatment
盲法
Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

入排标准

年龄范围
18 Years 至 65 Years(Adult, Older Adult)
性别
All
接受健康志愿者

入选标准

  • Patients with biopsy proven NASH will be enrolled. Abdominal USG showing diffusely echogenic liver suggestive of fatty infiltration of liver.
  • ALT > 1.2 times the upper limit of normal for > 6 months.(atleast three readings one month apart)
  • Liver Biopsy showing steatosis affecting >10% of hepatocytes with necroinflammatory activity, ballooning hepatocytes &/ or fibrosis.

排除标准

  • Alcohol intake of more than 20g/wk
  • Evidence of viral/ autoimmune hepatitis
  • PBC (Primary biliary cirrhosis)
  • Biliary obstrution
  • Wilson disease
  • Haemchromatosis
  • Decompensated cirrhosis
  • Drug ingestion of the follwing drugs for a period of more than 4 weeks during past 6 weeks - Amiodarone, Methotrexate, Perhexiline, Glucocorticoids, Estrogens, Tamoxifen, Nifedipine, Diltiazem, Tamoxifen.
  • DM Type I

研究组 & 干预措施

A

Experimental

Pioglitazone

干预措施: Pioglitazone (Drug)

B

Active Comparator

Pentoxifylline

干预措施: Pentoxifylline (Drug)

结局指标

主要结局

Improvement in metabolic profile and histology

时间窗: 6 months

次要结局

  • Side effects(6 months)

研究者

申办方类型
Other Gov

研究点 (1)

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