Comparative Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Rosuvastatin Vs CoQ10 on Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

Summary

This study will be a randomized, controlled, parallel study that aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Rosuvastatin versus Coenzyme Q10 on nonalcoholic steatohepatitis patients.

Timeline

Start

2023-06

Primary completion

2024-02

Completion

2024-04

Publications

• Background Younossi ZM, Koenig AB, Abdelatif D, Fazel Y, Henry L, Wymer M. Global epidemiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease-Meta-analytic assessment of prevalence, incidence, and outcomes. Hepatology. 2016 Jul;64(1):73-84. doi: 10.1002/hep.28431. Epub 2016 Feb 22.
• Background Estes C, Anstee QM, Arias-Loste MT, Bantel H, Bellentani S, Caballeria J, Colombo M, Craxi A, Crespo J, Day CP, Eguchi Y, Geier A, Kondili LA, Kroy DC, Lazarus JV, Loomba R, Manns MP, Marchesini G, Nakajima A, Negro F, Petta S, Ratziu V, Romero-Gomez M, Sanyal A, Schattenberg JM, Tacke F, Tanaka J, Trautwein C, Wei L, Zeuzem S, Razavi H. Modeling NAFLD disease burden in China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States for the period 2016-2030. J Hepatol. 2018 Oct;69(4):896-904. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.05.036. Epub 2018 Jun 8.
• Background Mantovani A, Scorletti E, Mosca A, Alisi A, Byrne CD, Targher G. Complications, morbidity and mortality of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Metabolism. 2020 Oct;111S:154170. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2020.154170. Epub 2020 Jan 30.
• Background Ekstedt M, Hagstrom H, Nasr P, Fredrikson M, Stal P, Kechagias S, Hultcrantz R. Fibrosis stage is the strongest predictor for disease-specific mortality in NAFLD after up to 33 years of follow-up. Hepatology. 2015 May;61(5):1547-54. doi: 10.1002/hep.27368. Epub 2015 Mar 23.
• Background Chalasani N, Younossi Z, Lavine JE, Charlton M, Cusi K, Rinella M, Harrison SA, Brunt EM, Sanyal AJ. The diagnosis and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Practice guidance from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Hepatology. 2018 Jan;67(1):328-357. doi: 10.1002/hep.29367. Epub 2017 Sep 29. No abstract available.
• Background Vanni E, Marengo A, Mezzabotta L, Bugianesi E. Systemic Complications of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: When the Liver Is Not an Innocent Bystander. Semin Liver Dis. 2015 Aug;35(3):236-49. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1562944. Epub 2015 Sep 17.
• Background Spahillari A, Mukamal KJ, DeFilippi C, Kizer JR, Gottdiener JS, Djousse L, Lyles MF, Bartz TM, Murthy VL, Shah RV. The association of lean and fat mass with all-cause mortality in older adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2016 Nov;26(11):1039-1047. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2016.06.011. Epub 2016 Jun 28.
• Background Tzanaki I, Agouridis AP, Kostapanos MS. Is there a role of lipid-lowering therapies in the management of fatty liver disease? World J Hepatol. 2022 Jan 27;14(1):119-139. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v14.i1.119.
• Background Wang W, Zhao C, Zhou J, Zhen Z, Wang Y, Shen C. Simvastatin ameliorates liver fibrosis via mediating nitric oxide synthase in rats with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis-related liver fibrosis. PLoS One. 2013 Oct 2;8(10):e76538. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076538. eCollection 2013.
• Background Pramfalk C, Parini P, Gustafsson U, Sahlin S, Eriksson M. Effects of high-dose statin on the human hepatic expression of genes involved in carbohydrate and triglyceride metabolism. J Intern Med. 2011 Mar;269(3):333-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2010.02305.x. Epub 2010 Nov 18.
• Background Farsi F, Mohammadshahi M, Alavinejad P, Rezazadeh A, Zarei M, Engali KA. Functions of Coenzyme Q10 Supplementation on Liver Enzymes, Markers of Systemic Inflammation, and Adipokines in Patients Affected by Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial. J Am Coll Nutr. 2016 May-Jun;35(4):346-53. doi: 10.1080/07315724.2015.1021057. Epub 2015 Jul 9.
• Background Chen K , Chen X , Xue H , Zhang P , Fang W , Chen X , Ling W . Coenzyme Q10 attenuates high-fat diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease through activation of the AMPK pathway. Food Funct. 2019 Feb 20;10(2):814-823. doi: 10.1039/c8fo01236a.

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