Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

CPET-based HIIT for MAFLD

Lead Sponsor:

Tang Yida

Conditions:

Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

35-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

High-intensity interval training (HIIT), as an individualized exercise training mode based on cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET), is characterized by high-intensity training sessions interspersed...

Detailed Description

54 Participants aged 35-65 years with MAFLD will be randomized 1:1 to intervention or control. The intervention group will undertake home-based HIIT four times weekly for 8 weeks. Each session compris...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adults age 35\~65 years Nonalcoholic fatty liver diagnosed by abdominal ultrasonography
  • In conjunction with at least one cardiometabolic risk factor:
  • Overweight or Obesity: ≥ 24kg/m2,or waist circumference ≥ 90 cm in men and \> 85 cm in women, or excessive body fat mass
  • Prediabetes or type 2 diabetes mellitus: HbA1c ≥ 5.7%, or fasting plasma glucose ≥ 6.1mmol/L, or 2-h plasma glucose during OGTT ≥ 7.8mmol/L
  • Plasma triglycerides ≥ 1.7 mmol/L (\>-150 mg/dl) or lipid-lowering treatment
  • HDL-cholesterol ≤ -1.0 mmol/L in men and ≤ -1.3 mmol/L in women or lipid-lowering treatment
  • Blood pressure ≥ 130/85 mmHg or treatment for hypertension

Exclusion

  • Contraindications for Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
  • The electrocardiogram (ECG) results during cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) showed positive findings
  • Receiving GLP-1 receptor agonists, SGLT-2i, or taking \>2 antihypertensive/hypoglycemic/lipid-lowering/ antiarrhythmic drugs
  • Taking dietary supplements (e.g., fish oil products, over-the-counter diet pills, meal replacements)
  • Mental illness
  • Other liver diseases
  • Movement disorder related diseases and lower limb motor injury in the past 6 months
  • Pregnant, lactating or planning to become pregnant in the near future

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 8 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

April 30 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

54 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT07177963

Start Date

September 8 2025

End Date

April 30 2026

Last Update

September 17 2025

Active Locations (5)

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Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University

Beijing, China

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Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University

Beijing, China

3

Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University

Beijing, China

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Peking University Third Hospital

Beijing, China