Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Database 3

August 12, 2025 updated by: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
The NAFLD Database 3 will enroll approximately 1500 adult patients and 750 pediatric patients suspected or known to have NAFLD or NASH-related cirrhosis. To elucidate, through the cooperative effort of a multidisciplinary and multicenter group of collaborators, the etiology, natural history, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of NAFLD, and in particular its more severe form of NASH and its complications.

Study Overview

Status

Status

Indicates the current recruitment status or the expanded access status.
Completed

Conditions

Conditions

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Detailed Description

This is a multicenter, prospective follow-up study of patients with known nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The primary objective of the study is to investigate the etiology, pathogenesis, natural history, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of NAFLD and NASH.

Study Type

Study Type

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Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

The number of participants in a clinical study. The "anticipated" enrollment is the target number of participants that the researchers need for the study.
1649

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact

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Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • La Jolla, California, United States, 92103
        • University of California, San Diego- Adults
      • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90089
        • University of Southern California
      • San Diego, California, United States, 92103
        • University of California, San Diego Pediatrics
      • San Francisco, California, United States, 94143
        • University of California, San Francisco
    • Georgia
      • Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322
        • Emory University-Pediatrics
    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60614
        • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
    • Indiana
      • Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
        • Riley Hospital for Children
      • Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
        • Indiana University- Adults
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
        • St. Louis University
    • North Carolina
      • Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
        • Duke University Medical Center
    • Ohio
      • Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229-3039
        • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
        • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    • Texas
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
        • Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor University
    • Virginia
      • Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298
        • Virginia Commonwealth University
    • Washington
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98105
        • Liver Institute Northwest
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98105
        • Seattle Children's Hospital- SEA

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

The key requirements that people who want to participate in a clinical study must meet or the characteristics they must have. Eligibility criteria consist of both inclusion criteria (which are required for a person to participate in the study) and exclusion criteria (which prevent a person from participating). Types of eligibility criteria include whether a study accepts healthy volunteers, has age or age group requirements, or is limited by sex.

Ages Eligible for Study

2 years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The study population will be at least 2250 patients age 2 years or older with histologically confirmed NAFLD or NASH located in the United States:

  • 1500 patients 18 years and older at the time of enrollment.
  • 750 patients 2 years or older and up to 17 years old at the time of enrollment.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 2 years of age or older as of the initial screening interview and provision of consent
  • Willingness to participate in the study for 1 or more years
  • Histologic evidence of NAFLD or NASH based upon a standard of care liver biopsy
  • Collection of serum and plasma up to 90 days before or 4- 90 days after standard of care liver biopsy
  • Absence of regular or excessive use of alcohol within 2 years prior to initial screening

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Clinical or histological evidence of alcoholic liver disease: Regular and excessive use of alcohol within the 2 years prior to interview defined as alcohol intake greater than 14 drinks per week in a man or greater than 7 drinks per week in a woman. Approximately 10 g of alcohol equals one 'drink' unit. One unit equals 1 ounce of distilled spirits, one 12-oz beer, or one 4-oz glass of wine
  • Total parenteral nutrition for more than 1 month within a 6-month period before baseline liver biopsy
  • Short bowel syndrome
  • History of gastric or jejunoileal bypass preceding the diagnosis of NAFLD. Bariatric surgery performed following enrollment is not exclusionary. Liver biopsies obtained during bariatric surgery cannot be used for enrollment because of the associated surgical or anesthetic acute changes and the weight loss efforts that precede bariatric surgery
  • History of biliopancreatic diversion
  • Evidence of advanced liver disease defined as a Child-Pugh-Turcotte score equal to or greater than 10
  • Evidence of chronic hepatitis B as marked by the presence of HBsAg in serum (patients with isolated antibody to hepatitis B core antigen, anti-HBc total, are not excluded)
  • Evidence of chronic hepatitis C as marked by the presence of anti-HCV or HCV RNA in serum
  • Low alpha-1-antitrypsin level and ZZ phenotype (both determined at the discretion of the investigator)
  • Wilson's disease
  • Known glycogen storage disease
  • Known dysbetalipoproteinemia
  • Known phenotypic hemochromatosis (HII greater than 1.9 or removal of more than 4 g of iron by phlebotomy)
  • Prominent bile duct injury (florid duct lesions or periductal sclerosis) or bile duct paucity
  • Chronic cholestasis
  • Vascular lesions (vasculitis, cardiac sclerosis, acute or chronic Budd-Chiari, hepatoportal sclerosis, peliosis)
  • Iron overload greater than 3+
  • Zones of confluent necrosis, infarction, massive or sub-massive, pan-acinar necrosis
  • Multiple epithelioid granulomas
  • Congenital hepatic fibrosis
  • Polycystic liver disease
  • Other metabolic or congenital liver disease
  • Evidence of systemic infectious disease
  • Known HIV positive
  • Disseminated or advanced malignancy
  • Concomitant severe underlying systemic illness that in the opinion of the investigator would interfere with completion of follow-up
  • Active drug use or dependence that, in the opinion of the study investigator, would interfere with adherence to study requirements
  • Any other condition, which in the opinion of the investigator would impede compliance or hinder completion of study
  • Inability to complete the appropriate informed consent process

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Cohort
  • Time Perspectives: Prospective

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort

Group / Cohort

A group or subgroup of participants in an observational study that is assessed for biomedical or health outcomes.
Adult patients with NAFLD
1500 patients 18 years and older at the time of enrollment.
Pediatric patients with NAFLD
750 patients 2 years or older and up to 17 years old at the time of enrollment.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels from baseline to one year.
Time Frame: Baseline and 1 year
ALT measure in IU/L (higher ALT indicates worse outcomes)
Baseline and 1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Collaborators

Collaborators

An organization other than the sponsor that provides support for a clinical study. This support may include activities related to funding, design, implementation, data analysis, or reporting.
Baylor College of Medicine
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
University of California, San Diego
Emory University
Duke University
University of Southern California
Seattle Children's Hospital
University of California, San Francisco
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Virginia Commonwealth University
Indiana University
Case Western Reserve University
St. Louis University
Liver Institute Northwest

Investigators

Investigators

A researcher involved in a clinical study. Related terms include site principal investigator, site sub-investigator, study chair, study director, and study principal investigator.
  • Principal Investigator: Arun Sanyal, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
  • Principal Investigator: Brent Tetri, MD, St Louis University Hospital

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

The actual date on which the first participant was enrolled in a clinical study. The "anticipated" study start date is the date that the researchers think will be the study start date.
November 13, 2020

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention to collect final data for the primary outcome measure. Whether the clinical study ended according to the protocol or was terminated does not affect this date. For clinical studies with more than one primary outcome measure with different completion dates, this term refers to the date on which data collection is completed for all the primary outcome measures. The "anticipated" primary completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the primary completion date for the study.
July 9, 2025

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
July 9, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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June 5, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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June 30, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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July 1, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

The most recent date on which changes to a study record were made available on ClinicalTrials.gov. There may be a delay between when the changes were submitted to ClinicalTrials.gov by the study's sponsor or investigator (the last update submitted date) and the last update posted date.
August 13, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator submitted changes to a study record that are consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
August 12, 2025

Last Verified

Last Verified

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August 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

Identifiers or ID numbers other than the NCT number that are assigned to a clinical study by the study's sponsor, funders, or others. These numbers may include unique identifiers from other trial registries and National Institutes of Health grant numbers.
  • NAFLD Database 3
  • U24DK061730 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • U01DK061732 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • U01DK061713 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • U01DK061737 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • U01DK061728 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • U01DK061718 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • U01DK061734 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • U01DK061738 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • U01DK061731 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • IRB00242326 (Other Identifier: JHM IRB)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

The NASH CRN is fully committed to resource sharing beyond the NASH CRN investigators. The NASH CRN will make deposits to the NIDDK Central Data Repository according to the requirements outlined in the NIDDK Data Sharing Policy published in July 2013.

IPD Sharing Time Frame

Within two years of end of the funding cycle.

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

All qualified investigators will be allowed access to the stored materials at the end of a pre-determined proprietary period.

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL
  • ICF
  • ANALYTIC_CODE

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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