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NCT04340817: FLINC
Fatty Liver Disease in Nordic Countries
trial testing Proteomics in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in 634 participants. Currently enrolling.
1 September 2025
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre |
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| Status | Recruiting now |
| Study type | OBSERVATIONAL |
| Enrollment | 634 |
| Start date | 1 September 2017 |
| Primary completion | 1 September 2025 |
| Estimated completion | 1 November 2026 |
| Sites | 1 location across Denmark |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Proteomics
- Transcriptomics
- Genomics
Conditions studied
- Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease — all drugs for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease →
Sponsor
Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
A prospective cohort study, which aims to systematically evaluate biomarkers and potential targets in NAFLD and NASH.
Publications & conference data
7 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Modulation of metabolic, inflammatory and fibrotic pathways by semaglutide in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.
Jara M, Norlin J, Kjær MS, Almholt K, et al · · 2025 · cited 37× · PMID 40691365 · DOI 10.1038/s41591-025-03799-0 -
Development of a novel non-invasive biomarker panel for hepatic fibrosis in MASLD.
Verschuren L, Mak AL, van Koppen A, Özsezen S, et al · · 2024 · cited 36× · PMID 38811591 · DOI 10.1038/s41467-024-48956-0 -
Neprilysin activity is increased in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and normalizes after bariatric surgery or GLP-1 therapy.
Kjeldsen SAS, Gluud LL, Werge MP, Pedersen JS, et al · · 2023 · cited 4× · PMID 37953952 · DOI 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108190 -
Evaluation of Gremlin-1 as a therapeutic target in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.
Horn P, Norlin J, Almholt K, Viuff BM, et al · · 2024 · cited 3× · PMID 39361025 · DOI 10.7554/elife.95185 -
Identification of ligand and receptor interactions in CKD and MASH through the integration of single cell and spatial transcriptomics.
Moreno J, Gluud LL, Galsgaard ED, Hvid H, et al · · 2024 · cited 3× · PMID 38768139 · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0302853 -
Referral Patterns for Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
Rashu EB, Werge MP, Hetland LE, Junker AE, et al · · 2021 · cited 1× · PMID 33494361 · DOI 10.3390/jcm10030404 -
Evaluation of Gremlin-1 as a therapeutic target in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis
Horn P, Norlin J, Almholt K, Viuff BM, et al · · 2024 · DOI 10.1101/2024.01.03.574043
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04340817 (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 Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre
- Last refreshed: 13 April 2020
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