Team approach boosts weight loss in fatty liver disease
NCT ID NCT07366463
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a team-based approach for people with Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD), a type of fatty liver linked to heart problems. 286 adults received either standard care or extra support from a liver doctor, a nutritionist, and a psychologist. The goal was to help them lose at least 10% of their body weight and keep it off for 18 months, which can improve liver health and lower heart risks.
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Study facts
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- 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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286 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2023
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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40 to 79 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * age between 40 and 79 years, * a diagnosis of MASLD, configured by the presence of hepatic steatosis (proven by instrumental and/or histological methods), with at least one of the five cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs) as established by the updated multi-society Delphi consensus proposed criteria, * willingness to sign a valid informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * unavailability or inability to express written consent, * chronic liver diseases other than MASLD/overlap ongoing causes (including chronic hepatitis B virus infection, chronic hepatitis C virus infection, autoimmune hepatitis, chronic cholestasis, genetic diseases determining steatosis, and alcohol-related liver disorder assumed in the evidence of a history of alcohol intake greater than 20 g/day or 140 g/week), * administration of liver-damaging (Drug-induced liver Injury) (DILI) / hepatic steatosis inducing drugs (Drug-Induced Fatty Liver Disease) (DIFLD), * hepatoprotective drugs administration, * consumption of hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic, and weight loss agents, as well as any drug known to influence liver function, * neoplasms, * chronic systemic inflammatory diseases, * eating disorders (ED) * other psychiatric disorders potentially invalidating the consent.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Naples, Campania, 80138, Italy
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