Status:

WITHDRAWN

ER Stress in NAFLD

Lead Sponsor:

Vanderbilt University

Conditions:

Obesity

NAFLD

Eligibility:

FEMALE

30-60 years

Phase:

EARLY_PHASE1

Brief Summary

The investigators overall hypothesis is that exacerbation of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in the liver is associated with significant alterations in phosphatidylcholines that drive the NASH pheno...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Ambulatory females age 30-60 years old
  • Women of all ethnic groups
  • BMI≥35 kg/m2
  • Approval for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy.

Exclusion

  • Smoking \>7 cigarettes per day
  • Previous malabsorptive or restrictive intestinal surgery
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding
  • Recent history of neoplasia (\<5 years ago)
  • Malabsorptive syndromes
  • Inflammatory intestinal disease
  • Patients with established organ dysfunction
  • Diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus or current use of anti-diabetic medication (last 30 days; last 60days for thiazolidinediones)
  • Diagnosed hyperbetalipoproteinemia or hypobetalipoproteinemia
  • Patients on cholesterol lowering medicines
  • Vegan diet
  • Hepatic fat content \<10% by MRI
  • Inability to comply with study protocol such as unable to make study visits or be available daily for phone contact
  • Any condition which would interfere with MRI or PET studies, e.g. claustrophobia, cochlear implant, chronic back pain limiting ability to lay flat, metal fragments in eyes, cardiac pacemaker, neural stimulator, tattoos with iron pigment and metallic body inclusions or other metal implanted in the body which may interfere with MRI scanning.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01807910

Start Date

October 1 2013

End Date

April 1 2018

Last Update

October 23 2013

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232