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NCT06338618Completed

Manual Therapy in Metabolic Liver Disease

Manual Therapy Effects in Patients With Metabolic-associated Fatty Liver Disease

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 11 Dec 2024

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Hepatic steatosis is a disease that is becoming more common in our society; approximately 40% of the population suffers from non-alcoholic fatty liver. The beneficial effect of manual therapy for the treatment of viscera dysfunctions such as the stomach or colon is known. The objective of this study is to demonstrate the anti-inflammatory effects of visceral manual therapy in patients with metabolic liver disease associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
42 (actual)
First submitted
15 Mar 2024
Start date
3 Apr 2024
Primary completion date
20 Sept 2024
Lead sponsor
University of Seville
NCT number
NCT06338618

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 42
  • From 3 Apr 2024 to the primary completion date, 20 Sept 2024
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Contraindication to manual therapy

Other illness

  • Diabetes mellitus tiype 1
  • Advanced chronic kidney disease (stage G4)

Lab values

  • Severe hypertriglyceridemia with TG \> 500 mg/dl at the time of recruitment

Other

  • Fibrosis defined by FIB-4 \> 2.67
  • Hepatic cirrhosis
  • Geographic dispersion to avoid losses
  • Life expectancy less than one year

Who the study is looking for

  • Patients over 18 years of age with MetHD defined by an ultrasound compatible with hepatic steatosis and an HSI \> 36

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
Universitary Hospital Juan Ramón Jiménez
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HuelvaSpainUnknown status

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