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NCT03784716
Ketogenic Diet in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
NA trial testing Ketogenic Diet in Fatty Liver, Nonalcoholic in 24 participants. Completed in 10 February 2022.
10 February 2022
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Marc Goodman |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 24 |
| Start date | 13 March 2019 |
| Primary completion | 10 February 2022 |
| Estimated completion | 10 February 2022 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Ketogenic Diet — full drug profile →
- Standard Weight Loss Diet
Conditions studied
- Fatty Liver, Nonalcoholic — all drugs for Fatty Liver, Nonalcoholic →
- Liver Diseases — all drugs for Liver Diseases →
Sponsor
Marc Goodman — full company profile →
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Fatty Liver, Nonalcoholic or Liver Diseases. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The purpose of this randomized trial is to examine the effects of a ketogenic diet on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Twenty-four participants with NAFLD will be randomized to receive a ketogenic meal plan or control (standard weight loss meal plan). Participants will be followed up to 28 days after initiation of the diet intervention.
Publications & conference data
2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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The Role of the Gut Microbiota on the Beneficial Effects of Ketogenic Diets.
Attaye I, van Oppenraaij S, Warmbrunn MV, Nieuwdorp M. · · 2021 · cited 52× · PMID 35011071 · DOI 10.3390/nu14010191 -
Ketone body metabolism and cardiometabolic implications for cognitive health.
Fulghum K, Salathe SF, Davis X, Thyfault JP, et al · · 2024 · cited 11× · PMID 40093558 · DOI 10.1038/s44324-024-00029-y
Verify or expand the search:
- PubMed search for NCT03784716
- Europe PMC full search
- ASCO Meeting Library
- ESMO Meeting Library
- bioRxiv preprints
- medRxiv preprints
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Currently open trials in the same condition.
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Trials by the same sponsor.
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03784716 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Marc Goodman
- Last refreshed: 11 May 2022
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