A Phase II Study of the Effect of a Low Calorie Diet on Patients Undergoing Liver Resection

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Conditions studied: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Hepatic Steatosis, Steatohepatitis

In brief

The purpose of this study is to measure the effect of a short-term low calorie diet on patients with a Body Mass Index (BMI) over 25 who are undergoing liver surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01645852

Run by

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

People needed

65

Starts

2012-06-01

Expected to finish

2016-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-02-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 or greater
• Clinical indication for a therapeutic liver resection
• BMI of 25 kg/m2 or greater
• Informed Consent

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to comply with the pre-op diet
• Patients who have lost 5% or more of their usual body weight over the preceding one month
• Female patients of childbearing age who have a positive pregnancy test

Where it is running

• UMass Memorial Medical Center — Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center — Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
• Fletcher Allen Health Care — Burlington, Vermont, United States

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