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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

TypeNameDescription
DRUGLepicol probiotic & prebiotic formulaNAFLD patients treated with Lepicol probiotic and prebiotic formula for 24 weeks.
OTHERSimple lifestyle adviceNAFLD 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.