Can a phone app help fight fatty liver disease?

NCT ID NCT06195943

Completed Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

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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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

liver disorder metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease Motor Activity

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

EXERCISE LIVER NASH NASH - NONALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS

Contacts and locations

Locations

Penn State Hershey Medical Center

Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States

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