Can talk therapy and mindfulness shrink a fatty liver?
NCT ID NCT05816915
First seen Sep 10, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers are testing whether an intensive lifestyle program built on cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness can improve liver health in people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic syndrome. About 100 participants receive individually tailored coaching from certified experts to change eating and exercise habits. The study measures changes in liver fat, inflammation, and fibrosis, and also looks at the gut microbiome to understand what factors affect outcomes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- cognitive behavioral therapy with mindfulness-based lifestyle coaching
- What this could lead to
- If it works, structured lifestyle coaching could become a standard, drug-free way to help people with fatty liver disease reduce liver fat and inflammation.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center study, and lifestyle programs often struggle with long-term adherence. Liver changes may be modest, and results in this group may not apply to everyone with fatty liver disease.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Individuals with NAFLD and metabolic syndrome Exclusion Criteria: * Etiology of liver disease other than NAFLD. * Presence of malignant disease. * Uncontrolled cardiovascular disease * Pregnancy.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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General University Hospital
RECRUITINGPrague, 12808, Czechia
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