NCT06348628Completed
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
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 30 Sept 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
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).
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 231 (actual)
- First submitted
- 25 Mar 2024
- Start date
- 31 May 2022
- Primary completion date
- 22 Apr 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Madunil Anuk Niriella
- Diseases
- Fatty liver disease (MASLD/MASH)
- NCT number
- NCT06348628
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 231
- From 31 May 2022 to the primary completion date, 22 Apr 2025
- 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
- Who are on drugs which will affect weight or mood/affect (eg: corticosteroids)
- Concurrent involvement in another weight loss programme
Other illness
- Any medical condition that will significantly alter the weight eg: hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Cushing disease
- Having moderate/severe depressive disorders or psychotic symptoms and or substance use disorders that would reduce their capacity to give consent and engage in Motivational interview
- Having any health conditions that would impede engagement in physical activities
- Having any health conditions that would compromise the ability to follow the recommended dietary behaviors
Other
- Pregnancy or expecting to be conceive within the study period
Who the study is looking for
- Aged 18 years to 60 years
- Body Mass Index (BMI) is 25 kg/m\^2 or more
- Newly diagnosed with NAFLD based on clinical history, ultrasound scan and laboratory values
Age in the registry: 18 years to 60 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ragama | Sri Lanka | Unknown status |
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