Not cancer · Austria
Fatty liver disease (MASLD/MASH)
How is it diagnosed today? Sometimes a biopsy is done to confirm the diagnosis and check for liver damage. NHS
What do you need help with?
- Join a trialStudies open to new patients in your country, and abroad if you want.6 open trials in Austria
- Offer tissue or dataGive a sample or your health data to research.
- Get supportPatient groups, money and work, help for family.
- Access and costGetting a treatment that is not on offer here, and who pays.
- Questions for your doctorReady lists to print or copy before your next visit.
- Don't pay for thisOffers with no proof in people, and what to check first.
Where treatment stands
Four steps, from proven to unproven.
Approved in Austria
Usual treatment: Weight loss, healthy diet and exercise. NHS
We do not have the list of medicines approved in Austria yet. Your doctor knows what is available here.
Being tested in people
6 open trials in Austria, 271 worldwide. See the trials
- ALN-CIDEB (Phase 3)
- DR10624 Injection (Phase 3)
- Efimosfermin alfa (Phase 3)
- Efruxifermin (Phase 3)
Only in the lab or in animals
Of the 20 newest articles, 1 was in animals and 0 in the lab. See them
No proof it works
We have not checked claims for this disease yet. Check a post or a product
Join a trial
Studies that are taking new patients in Austria. The trial team decides who can join. Change the country at the top.
Phase 1: first tests in people · Phase 2: does it help? · Phase 3: compared with the usual treatment
0 open trials in Austria with these filters, and 1 opening soon or by invitation
Tests personalized diet feedback for fatty liver disease
NCT07914829 · ClinicalTrials.gov
- Vienna – Medical University of Vienna
Ages 18 to 80
Contact the trial team
How to get into an early trial
- A lab does not treat patients, so you cannot phone the lab to get a new treatment.
- Ask your doctor to look at phase 1 trials with you. These are the first tests in people.
- If one fits, your doctor sends a referral to the trial centre.
- The trial team checks whether you can join and decides.
Trial data: ClinicalTrials.gov, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine; it does not endorse this site. EU trials: EU Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS), European Medicines Agency. We show the registry records; the trial team has the last word on who can join.
Latest research
The five newest articles. The label comes from the PubMed index: whether it was tested in people, in animals or only in the lab.
- ReviewHepatocyte-derived lipid droplets in MASH: macrophage sensing and inflammation.Front Immunol · 2026-10-26
- Not labelled yetUnresolved questions for nutrient-stimulated hormonal multi-agonists in MASH; more receptors, better livers?: Editorial on "Engineered nutrient-stimulated hormonal multi-agonists for precision targeting of obesity and metabolic disorders".Clin Mol Hepatol · 2026-10-19
- ReviewDietary interventions in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: current evidence, research priorities, and clinical translation.Clin Exp Hepatol · 2026-09-08
- Not labelled yetLiquiritigenin Ameliorates Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease via AMPK-Mediated Dual Activation of PPARα/PPARγ.Food Sci Nutr · 2026-11-08
- In peopleNeuro-immune and metabolic disorders in association with depression, anxiety, and chronic fatigue-fibromyalgia symptoms due to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.CNS Spectr · 2026-05-26
Not labelled yet: PubMed has not indexed the article yet, so we do not guess.
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Offer tissue or data
You can help research move faster.
Give tissue or blood to research
Before an operation or a blood test, ask if left-over tissue or blood can go to a biobank.
- Does this hospital have a biobank?
- What will the sample be used for, and for how long?
- Can I change my mind later?
Share your health data
Ask your doctor whether there is a patient registry for your illness. You choose what you share.
Take part as a healthy volunteer
Some studies need people without the illness, often family members.
Volunteer studiesGet support
Patient groups in Austria
- Hepatitis Hilfe Österreich – Plattform Gesunde Leber
Nationwide non-profit patient organisation for all liver diseases, founded in 1999 by patients: counselling, information leaflets and support for patients and relatives.
Help for every illness in Austria (4)
- 1450 – Rund-um-die-Uhr-Gesundheitsberatung
Austria's nationwide 24/7 telephone health advice line: trained staff assess symptoms and guide callers to the appropriate care.
- Telefonseelsorge Österreich – Notruf 142
Free, confidential 24/7 emotional support and crisis line for anyone in Austria, reachable on 142.
- Gesundheitsportal Österreich (gesundheit.gv.at)
Austria's official public health portal, offering quality-assured information on diseases, prevention, health services and patient rights.
- ARGE Selbsthilfe Österreich
ARGE Selbsthilfe Österreich represents the interests of self-help groups and patient organisations in Austrian social and health policy.
Available abroad: international groups (4)
- European Liver Patients' Association (ELPA)
European umbrella of national liver patient groups: liver disease information, HCC patient guide (with ESMO), clinical trial finder and liver cancer advocacy; points patients to member groups.
- Global Liver Institute (GLI)
Global liver health advocacy body with a Liver Cancers Council, patient/caregiver education events and advocate training; not a direct support service.
Phone: +1 800 845 5910
- European Patients' Forum (EPF)
Umbrella of European patient organisations and national patient coalitions.
- International Alliance of Patients' Organizations
Global alliance of patient organisations of all diseases, promoting patient-centred healthcare.
Money and work
If the illness stops you working, ask the hospital social worker which benefits you can claim.
- Which sick-pay or disability benefits can I apply for?
- Is there help for the carer in the family?
- Are travel costs to treatment paid back?
After a loss
If someone you love has died, you do not have to go through it alone. Many families ask themselves whether they missed something; the care team can talk this through with you.
We have no grief support group in Austria in our list yet. The hospital's social worker or palliative team can tell you where to find one.
Hospitals and hospices have chaplains and counsellors, for any faith or none.
Some families decide to give tissue to research after death, so that the illness can be studied. If you want to, ask the treating hospital early whether it has such a programme.
Access and cost
- If no trial fits, your doctor can ask the company and the medicines authority whether early access (compassionate use) is possible.
- In Austria the medicines agency BASG lists the early-access programmes that are running. BASG (Austria): list of compassionate use programmes, no. 054
- In the EU you may get planned care in another EU country. Ask your health insurer before you go. Your Europe: planned medical treatment abroad
Don't pay for this
No one will cure you through a Facebook message or ask you to invest money.
- Animal worm medicines bought online (ivermectin, fenbendazole)
They are made for animals and not tested for cancer in people. High doses can cause seizures or coma, fenbendazole has caused liver damage, they may weaken your cancer treatment, and they can keep you out of a trial.
American Cancer Society: What to Know About Ivermectin (21 May 2026) · American Cancer Society: What to Know About Fenbendazole (21 Oct 2025) · ASCO: Oncologists urged to discuss ivermectin and fenbendazole (17 Jun 2026)
- “Treatment plans” offered in comments
Ask which published study in people is behind it. Usually there is none.
- Anyone who answers your post with a private treatment
Real trials are listed in a public registry. Check the number on ClinicalTrials.gov or the EU trial register.
- Strangers offering investments or “funds” for treatment
Do not reply and do not send money. Report the comment or message.
Before you pay for anything, ask three things
- Can I have a written price, with everything that is included?
- Which published study in people shows it helps my disease?
- What does my doctor say about it?
Questions for your doctor
Ready lists for a new diagnosis, during treatment, before a trial and before you pay. Open the question lists
Not medical advice. We show what is open and what is known; your care team decides what fits you.