NCT06348628

Motivational Interviewing in the Management of Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Motivational Interviewing for Weight Loss in the Management of Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 231 (actual)
• Sponsor: Madunil Anuk Niriella · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this study is to assess if motivational counselling works to reduce the weight in participants with Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD).

Detailed description

Participants with NAFLD who meet inclusion and exclusion criteria and who give informed written consent, will be randomly assigned to the intervention and control group. Randomization will be done by using a random sequence generator with concealed allocation.

Conditions

• Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Motivational Interview	4 Motivational interviews within first 6 months
BEHAVIORAL	Placebo	Advices on standard of care treatment of NAFLD within first 6 months

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-05-31
• Primary completion: 2025-04-22
• Completion: 2025-06-24
• First posted: 2024-04-05
• Last updated: 2025-09-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sri Lanka