20,000 seniors join quest to unlock fatty liver secrets
NCT ID NCT07241195
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study will follow 20,000 elderly people with fatty liver disease to learn what factors affect their health. Researchers will look at lifestyle, genetics, and environment to understand how the disease progresses. The goal is to create better risk assessment tools and prevention strategies for older adults.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to better ways to predict and prevent serious liver problems in older adults.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It may not directly lead to new therapies, and results may take years to apply.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 20,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2030
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.
Who is studied
elder people
- Ages
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65 to 100 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * ① Elderly people aged ≥65 years among permanent residents (living for more than 5 years) in the survey area; * Imaging diagnosis (ultrasound or FibroScan/FibroTouch) of fatty liver; -③ Voluntary participation in this study and signing an informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * ①Major disability, mental illness, major wasting disease, severe cardiac, pulmonary and renal insufficiency; * Patients with combined primary liver cancer or other types of cancer; -③Patients who have received liver transplant or other organ transplants.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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NO.518 Shangtang Road
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, 310015, China
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