drugset / Trial / NCT02726542

Augmenting Growth Hormone to Ameliorate Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Adolescents

NCT02726542

Phase 0 Completed 24 enrolled Massachusetts General Hospital
RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

Fatty liver disease is an increasing problem in overweight and obese young adults. The purpose of this study is to test the effect of growth hormone on liver fat in obese young adults ages 18-29y with increased liver fat.

Timeline

Start
2017-05-03
Primary completion
2020-04-02
Completion
2020-04-02

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Somatropin Protein / enzyme biologic 1 mg Subcutaneous

Indications