Can a phone app help fight fatty liver disease?
NCT ID NCT06195943
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether a mobile health app called EL-FIT could help people with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) exercise safely at home. Seventeen adults with NASH used the app and a Fitbit to do daily exercise as they wished. The main goal was to see if it was feasible and acceptable, not to measure health outcomes.
What this could mean
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Active substance
Exercise program delivered via El-Fit mobile app
What this could lead to
If successful, this could show that a home-based exercise app is a practical way to help manage NASH, potentially improving liver health without medication.
What could go wrong
This is a very small pilot study (17 people) with no control group, so results may not apply widely. It only measures feasibility, not whether exercise actually improves NASH.
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Locations
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Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States