Hepatic Lipid Metabolism-Alcohol Use Disorder (NCT07191561) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Hepatic Lipid Metabolism-Alcohol Use Disorder
United States25 participantsStarted 2026-05-13
Plain-language summary
Patients with hepatic steatosis due to alcohol will be offered liver biopsies when they enter a detoxification program. The first biopsy will occur in the first week of admission and the second in the fourth week when the steatosis has resolved. The hepatic transcriptome will be compared,
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 100 Years
SexALL
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* INCLUSION CRITERIA:
In order to be eligible to participate in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria:
* Any individual \>=18 years of age who is enrolled in 14-AA-0181 and is seeking inpatient treatment.
* Vibration Controlled Elastography parameters with initial CAP of \>295dB/m.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
An individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
* Pregnancy
* Existing diagnosis of hyperlipidemia or essential hypertension
* Hemoglobin A1c \>= 6.5%
* Waist to hip ratio: \>=0.90 in males, \>=0.85 in females
* Existing use of cholesterol lowering medications including statins, fibrates, or other similar medications used for the purposes of treating hyperlipidemia.
* Those with evidence of severe alcoholic hepatitis with a Maddrey s Discriminant Function \> 32
* Those with other chronic liver diseases including chronic hepatitis B (positive hepatitis B surface Ag on admission), hepatitis C (positive hepatitis C RNA), or autoimmune hepatitis (clinical diagnosis based on high titer of positive ANA and or anti smooth muscle Ab and a history of autoimmune disease)
* HIV infection
* Contraindication or inability to perform a liver biopsy.
* Participants with coagulopathy (PT/PTT values that are prolonged (Bullet) 3 seconds from the upper limit of the normal, including treatment with oral and parenteral anticoagulants), thrombocytopenia (\< 70,000), abnormal bleeding time or platelet dysfunct…
What they're measuring
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Transcriptome changes in lipid metabolism between week 1 and week 4 of alcohol cessation.
Timeframe: November 2029
Trial details
NCT IDNCT07191561
SponsorNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)