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Study on the relationship between TCM syndrome types and dietary inflammation index in patients with NAFLD

Study on the relationship between TCM syndrome types and dietary inflammation index in patients with NAFLD

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Observational
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2100042786
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2021-01-28
Start date
2021-01-22
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-05-10

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Interventions

Sponsors

School of Nursing, Jinan University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: According to the dialectical classification in the Consensus of TCM Diagnosis and Treatment Experts in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (2017), 2 TCM physicians collected 20 patients with each of 5 TCM syndromes. 1. Liver enlargement, flat, smooth, soft, blunt round edge, no obvious tenderness, and no other confirmed liver disease. 2. The causes of fatty liver mentioned above in the past history. If alcoholic fatty liver has a long history of alcoholism, especially high alcohol content of liquor. Obesity, diabetes, intravenous high-energy nutrition, the use of relevant drugs and exposure to poisons all have their own clinical symptoms and signs, which are easy to distinguish. 3. The TCM diagnostic criteria mainly refer to the relevant items in the Guiding Principles for Clinical Research of New Chinese Medicine, and meet the diagnostic criteria for fatty liver, and the TCM syndrome differentiation is the syndrome of dampness, heat, inflammation and stasis. If patients appear bilge pain discomfort, lower abdominal pain, or pain even lumbosacral, through the blood volume or long period, thick or clamps more mucus, yellow thick.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with a history of alcohol intake > 20g/ day; 2. Patients with other liver diseases (such as viral, drug-induced, autoimmune liver diseases, etc.); 3 Patients with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma are suspected; 4. Complicated with other serious systemic diseases or infectious diseases, such as: malignant tumor, serious heart and lung diseases, nervous system diseases, HIV infection, etc.; 5. Inability to do diet control and aerobic exercise due to illness or other reasons; 6. Chronic viral hepatitis, schistosomiasis liver, liver parasites and other liver diseases were excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Dietary Inflammatory Index;alanine transaminase;TC;TG;HDL-C;Liver function;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactYinji Liang

School of Nursing, Jinan University

tlyj@hotmail.com+86 13751775188

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026