Diet and Meal Timing in Patients With Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatoic Liver Disease

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorWeill Medical College of Cornell University

About this trial

This study will assess the impact of time-restricted eating (8 hours of eating each day) with standard of care lifestyle recommendations (hypocaloric, Mediterranean diet and 30 minutes of exercise on at least 5 days/week) on the degree of fat in the liver as measured by magnetic resonance imaging.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age ≥ 18 and < 65 years old

Must provide signed written informed consent and agree to comply with the study protocol

BMI >25 kg/m²

Baseline liver fat content of at least 10% as measured by MRI-PDFF

Disqualifiers

Unclear etiology of liver disease

Competing etiologies for hepatic steatosis

Positive hepatitis B surface antigen

Positive hepatitis C virus RNA

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • TRE plus SOC
  • SOC
  • TRE

Treatment groups

40 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups