Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT00152815
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) in HIV: The Role of Nutritional Interventions
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Johane Allard · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of a one-year nutritional intervention with either betaine or vitamin E supplementation, or a weight reducing diet and exercise program on liver steatosis and steatohepatitis.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | antioxidant vitamin E | Vitamin E 800IU per day for 12 months |
| BEHAVIORAL | weight reduction and exercise | Patients will be asked to consume a self-selected, low fat, low-calorie diet of approximately 1200 kcal/d, which is consistent with American Heart Association guidelines for healthy weight reduction. Subjects will be provided with a videotape involving a structured 20 min aerobic exercise to be performed 3x/week. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2003-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2010-12-01
- Completion
- 2010-12-01
- First posted
- 2005-09-09
- Last updated
- 2013-07-19
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Canada
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00152815. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.