Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00870012
Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease With Probiotics and Prebiotics
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 20 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 70 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The investigators' aim is to determine whether probiotic and prebiotic treatment plus lifestyle advice is more effective in reducing hepatic fat content than lifestyle advice alone in patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD).
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | Lepicol probiotic & prebiotic formula | NAFLD patients treated with Lepicol probiotic and prebiotic formula for 24 weeks. |
| OTHER | Simple lifestyle advice | NAFLD patients treated with lifestyle advice. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2009-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2012-01-01
- Completion
- 2012-01-01
- First posted
- 2009-03-26
- Last updated
- 2014-02-24
Locations
1 site across 1 country: China
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00870012. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.