nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with suspected NAFLD by interview, blood collection, imaging studies
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Persons over 20g per day or 140g per week of alcohol intake 2) Patients who are suspicious of viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, sclerosing cholangitis, hemochromatosis, alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency, Wilson's disease, drug-induced hepatitis 3) Patients who showed clinical evidence of hepatic decompensation such as hepatic encephalopathy, ascites, variceal bleeding, or a serum bilirubin level greater than twofold the normal upper limit 4) Persons judged inappropriate for this study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) Proceeding Genechip analysis, Methylation BeadChip analysis, and comprehensive analysis of miRNA for signal profiling in liver by using liver biopsy samples collected in each trial sites 2) Proceeding Proteomics analysis, metabolomics analysis, and comprehensive analysis of miRNA to research diagnostic markers for NASH by using blood samples collected in each trial sites | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Saga University Hospital Division of Hepatology