A clinical trial of liver 99mTc-phytate scintigraphy in the diagnosis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

A clinical trial of liver 99mTc-phytate scintigraphy in the diagnosis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis - Liver 99mTc-phytate scintigraphy in NASH

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000000787

Enrollment

200

Registered

2013-04-01

Start date

2007-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Interventions

Duration: five years Patients, who will undergo liver biopsy for clinical suspicion of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), will be enrolled in this study. The patients will take 99mTc-phytate scinti

NASH&quot

and &quot

not NASH&quot

, and to assess their correlations with the clinicopathological variables.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The patients, who will undergo liver biopsy for clinical suspicion of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and from whom we can obtain informed consents

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The patients who have no normal judgement ability for informed consent. The patients who have past history of allergy to 99mTc-phytate or kind medicine. The patients who are pregnant or will doubtfully be pregnant. The patients who the treating doctors decide are inadequate to enrollment to this trial.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The values of colloid uptake in liver, spleen, and heart in the 99mTc-phytate colloid scintigraphy	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactKengo Tomita

Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology

kengo@boreas.dti.ne.jp03-3353-1211(ext62384)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026