NCT04132440

Patient and Physician Perspectives on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Patient and Physician Perspectives on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 17 (actual)
• Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This trial studies patient and physician perspectives on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Using questionnaires and interviews, this trial may help researchers understand physicians' knowledge about the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, as well as gain an in-depth understanding of Hispanic patients' perceptions about the disease and investigate how cultural factors may play a role in its diagnosis, treatment and management.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Explore the perceptions of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), including knowledge, current practices for diagnosis and management, and additional disease-related perceptions amongst both primary care physicians. II. Explore the perceptions of NAFLD, including knowledge, diagnosis and management, and additional disease-related perceptions amongst Hispanic patients. OUTLINE: Patients and physicians complete a questionnaire over 5 minutes and an interview over 30-45 minutes about thoughts on NAFLD, including what they know about NAFLD and its diagnosis, management, and monitoring, and other thoughts on NAFLD.

Conditions

• Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
• Physician

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Interview	Complete interview
OTHER	Questionnaire Administration	Complete questionnaire

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-08-22
• Primary completion: 2030-05-01
• Completion: 2030-05-01
• First posted: 2019-10-18
• Last updated: 2026-02-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States