Controlled Trial of WLS vs. CLI for Severely Obese Adolescents With NASH
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Official title
A Parallel Cohort Controlled Trial of Outcome of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in Adolescents After Bariatric Surgery vs. Comprehensive Lifestyle Intervention (NASH ABC)
Brief summary
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The goal of this study is to determine effective treatment and identify diagnostic biomarkers for Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Individuals that take part in the study will be participating in either a weight loss surgery (WLS) group or a comprehensive lifestyle intervention (CLI) group. People in the WLS group will receive vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG). The CLI group will receive dietary, activity and behavioral interventions provided by trained study staff.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02412540
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 62 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 12 Years to 19 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Apr 22, 2015
- Primary completion
- Mar 1, 2021
- Completion
- Mar 1, 2021
- Last update posted
- Nov 1, 2021
2015 – 2021
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Cincinnati | Ohio | 45229 | — |
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- Last update posted Nov 1, 2021 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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