Overview

A One-Year, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Rosiglitazone in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
1969-12-31
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
This study is intended to find out whether treatment with rosiglitazone improves the state of the liver and related blood markers in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
Phase:
Phase 2
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Association pour la Recherche sur les Maladies Hépatiques Virales
Treatments:
Rosiglitazone
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Histologically proven NASH with steatosis >= 20%

- Increased serum ALT

Exclusion Criteria:

- bland steatosis

- daily alcohol > 20/30 g (women/men)

- any other cause of liver disease

- secondary NASH including drug-induced steatohepatitis

- treatment with insulin or glitazones

- cardiac insufficiency

- Hb < 10 g/dl