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Liver Fat as a Dietary Target of the Chinese Medical Nutrition Therapy (CMNT) Diet for Treating Type 2 Diabetes With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Liver Fat as a Dietary Target of the Chinese Medical Nutrition Therapy (CMNT) Diet for Treating Type 2 Diabetes With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05439226
Enrollment
120
Registered
2022-06-30
Start date
2022-07-05
Completion date
2026-06-05
Last updated
2025-07-25

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Conditions

Type 2 Diabetes

Keywords

Type 2 Diabetes with NAFLD, CMNT diet

Brief summary

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) represents a serious public health problem. Patients with T2D and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD) demonstrate a poor metabolic profile and increase mortality compared with patients with only NAFLD or T2D. Nutritional intervention is the most basic treatment for T2D. Previous study showed that a Chinese medical nutrition therapy (CMNT) diet, which intermittent use of low-calorie medicinal food, has a glucose-lowering effect in T2D. This study aims to investigate the effect of a Chinese medical nutrition therapy (CMNT) diet accompanied by intermittent energy restriction on reducing liver fat and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in patients with T2D and NAFLD.

Detailed description

Diet composition of CMNT is a multicomponent Chinese medicinal food, which mainly enriched with whole grains and edible medicine and food homologous (MFH) plants such as Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Momordica Grosvenori, Folium Mori, Radix Puerariae, Fructus lycii, Poria cocos that meets the requirements of a food for special medical purpose. The CMNT group was instructed to consumed the provided CMNT diet consisting of 6 cycles of 5 consecutive days followed by 10 days of ad libitum food consumption. Participants received a 917 kcal/day preprepared human CMNT diet (44.75% carbohydrate, 9.1% protein and 46.15% fat) for 5 consecutive days per cycle. CMNT diet is composed of four ready-to-consume prepared foods including composite nutritional rice, solids beverages, meal replacement biscuit and fruit and vegetable gruel mainly from wholegrains and traditional Chinese medicinal food plants. The intervention lasted for 3 months (6 cycles) and follow-up measurements will be performed in all subjects after 3-months from end of the intervention. The glucose-lowering medication use of participants strictly implemented by their physician according to the diabetes medications management protocol. Treatment-as-usual control group continued to be given standard medication and dietary advice by their physician followed guidelines for the prevention and control of T2D in China.

Interventions

Hypocaloric CMNT diet plan: A diet plan with intermittent use of enriched traditional-Chinese-medicinal-foods CMNT diet

Sponsors

State Key Laboratory of Subhealth Intervention Technology
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and NAFLD * Age between 18 and 75 years * BMI between 18.0 and 35.0 kg/m2 * Weight stable for at least 3 months prior to the study (gain or loss \< 4 kg) * Stable treatment for at least 3 months with 1-3 oral antidiabetic medications (with or without insulin therapy), or not yet received antidiabetic medication prior to the beginning of the study * Able to give written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* Self-reported a food allergy * Alcohol abuse in the last 3 months (alcohol intake greater than 20 g per day for women; Alcohol intake for men greater than 40 g per day) * Other liver diseases such as chronic hepatitis B and C, autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, hemochromatosis, nodular regenerative hyperplasia and focal nodular hyperplasia * Scheduled to be hospitalized for any surgical treatment during screening * Pregnant or planning of pregnancy during the study * Inability, physically or mentally, to adhere the procedures required by the study protocol * Level 3 hypoglycemic events (at least 3 times) occurring within the 90 days prior to screening * Hospitalization or emergency department visit for hyperglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis, lactic acidosis, hyperosmolar nonketotic coma, or diabetes * History of cancer within the past 5 years * Acute coronary or cerebrovascular event in the past 90 days, or heart failure * Hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke within the last 6 months

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) value by transient elastography3, 6, 12, 24 monthsThe CAP score, which be measured by FibroScan, will be used to quantify and detect liver fat. CAP \< 238 dB/m indicated no hepatic steatosis, 238 ≤ CAP ≤ 259 dB/m denoted mild steatosis, 260 ≤ CAP ≤291 dB/m indicated moderate steatosis, and CAP \> 291 dB/m denoted severe steatosis.
HbA1C3, 6, 12, 24 monthsBlood test to measure glucose control

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Blood pressure3, 6, 12, 24 monthsSystolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure.
Energy intake3, 6, 12, 24 months3-day diet record and Food Frequency Questionnaire
Macronutrient intake3, 6, 12, 24 months3-day diet record and Food Frequency Questionnaire
Sleep quality3, 6, 12, 24 monthsPittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Questionnaire
Physical activity3, 6, 12, 24 monthsInternational Physical Activity Questionnaire
Self-reported depressive symptoms3, 6, 12, 24 monthsPatient Health Questionnaire 9
Anxiety symptoms3, 6, 12, 24 monthsGeneralized Anxiety Disorder scale
Social support3, 6, 12, 24 monthsSocial Support Rate Scale
Blood lipid3, 6, 12, 24 monthstriglyceride, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C)
Insulin3, 6, 12, 24 monthsGlucose homeostasis
HOMA-IR3, 6, 12, 24 monthsFasting glucose times fasting insulin divided by 22.5
Body mass index3, 6, 12, 24 monthsBody mass in kilograms divided by height in meters squared.
Hepatic steatosis index (HSI)3, 6, 12, 24 monthsHSI will also be applied to quantify the degree of steatosis of patients with type 2 diabetes and NAFLD. HSI values \< 30 excludes NAFLD with a sensitivity of 93.1%, while values \> 36 detected NAFLD with a specificity of 92.4%.
Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) value by transient elastography3, 6, 12, 24 monthsLiver fibrosis will be assessed by using a non-invasive vibration-controlled transient elastography to estimate LSM. A median LSM ≥ 8.2 kPa was considered indicative of significant fibrosis (≥ F2), whereas LSM ≥ 9.7 kPa was considered indicative of advanced (≥ F3) fibrosis, whereas LSM ≥ 13.6 kPa was considered indicative of cirrhosis (F4).
Fibrosis-4 index (FIB-4)3, 6, 12, 24 monthsThe FIB-4 index, a non-invasive measurement, will be used to evaluate the degree of liver fibrosis. The FIB-4 index \<1.45 had a negative predictive value of 94.7% to exclude progressive fibrosis, whereas FIB-4 index \>3.25 was considered advanced fibrosis or cirrhosis.
NAFLD fibrosis score (NFS)3, 6, 12, 24 monthsDegree of liver fibrosis will also be assessed by NFS.The probability of advanced liver fibrosis was classified into three groups: high NFS (NFS \> 0.676), intermediate NFS (NFS: -1.455 to 0.676, or 0.120 to 0.676 if age \> 65), or low NFS (NFS \< -1.455, or \< 0.120 if age \> 65) .
Liver function test3, 6, 12, 24 monthsγ-glutamyl transferase (γ-GGT), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and ect will be assessed.
Blood glucose3, 6, 12, 24 monthsFasting plasma glucose (FPG) and postprandial 2-hour plasma glucose (2 h-PG)
IGF-13, 6, 12, 24 monthsGlucose homeostasis
Reduction in glucose-lowering medication3, 6, 12, 24 monthsReduction in total dose of glucose-lowering medications
Fecal microbiota profile3, 6, 12, 24 monthsFecal samples will be collected and will be sequenced.
Metabolomics3, 6, 12, 24 monthsBlood, fecal and urine samples will be collected and metabolites will be analyzed through a metabolomics approach.
Fatty liver index (FLI)3, 6, 12, 24 monthsFLI will also be applied to quantify the degree of steatosis of patients with type 2 diabetes and NAFLD. FLI values \< 30 rule out liver steatosis, whereas FLI ≥ 60 confirmed NAFLD with a specificity of 61%.
waist-to-hip ratio3, 6, 12, 24 monthsWaist circumference in centimeter divided by height in centimeter.

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactLuo wu
luowubio@163.com13687333270
Backup ContactYang xiao
31884210@qq.com15200877395

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026