Prospective Cohort Study in Patients With NAFLD
Recruiting
Observational Study
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
No Study Drug
Researchers observe your health over time — no experimental treatment is given.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Observational
- Participants needed
- 150 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich · Other
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About This Trial
To assess the importance of intracellular signalling pathways and its deregulation in adiposity and diabetes-related insulin resistance, liver tissue samples of patients suffering from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)will be analyzed prospectively from a liver tissue bank.
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion criteria:
* Patients with histologically confirmed fatty liver disease
Exclusion criteria:
* History of significant alcohol consumption
* Viral hepatitis
* Autoimmune hepatitis
* Metabolic diseases (e.g. hemochromatosis, M. Wilson, alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency)
* Hepatotoxic medicatio…
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