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CompletedNCT03850886Updated Jan 22, 2020

Nicotinamide in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Patients

A Phase 2 interventional study of Niacinamide Oral Tablet and Antidiabetic in Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, sponsored by Ain Shams University. Completed at 1 site in Egypt. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-01-22.

Sponsored by Ain Shams University · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
61
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Niacinamide supplementation on clinical outcome of fatty liver patients having type II DM through measurement of the following before and after Niacinamide administration: Liver enzymes, Lipid profie, HOMA-IR, Oxidative stress markers and endothelial dysfunction marker. Fibroscan with CAP will be done at baseline and at the end of the trial. Also, Evaluation of quality of life of patients before and after Niacinamide administration using Chronic Liver Disease questionnaire.

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Conditions studied

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In context

Liver Diseases

2,081 studies on the registry are indexed under Liver Diseases; 390 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 61 is above the median of 50 across 1,323 interventional studies indexed under Liver Diseases.

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Lead sponsor

Ain Shams University is the lead sponsor of 1,876 studies on the registry; 423 are open to participants now.

Of its 32 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 0 (0%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

    1. Male or female outpatients age 18 to 70 years old. 2. The diagnosis of NAFLD will be established according to the appearance of fatty liver on US or elevated liver enzymes (>1.5 times normal level).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

    1. History of alcohol abuse (as defined by an average daily consumption of alcohol > 30 g/day in men and > 20 g/day in women).

      1. Cirrhotic patients.
  • Fibroscan result > 12Kpa or as
  • predicted from FIB 4 score > 3.25

FIB-4 = age (yr) * AST (IU/L)/platelet count (109/L) * ALT1/2 (IU/L) 3. Hyper / hypoparathyroidism. 4. Cancer. 5. Viral hepatitis. 6. Biliary disease. 7. Autoimmune hepatitis 8. Other causes of liver disease (hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease). 9. Participants who took antibiotics, probiotic supplements and/or hepatotoxic medicines (NSAIDs, Amiodarone and methotrexate) within 6 months before the start of the study and during the study.

  1. Ascetic patients and congestive heart failure patients will be excluded due to unreliability of Fibroscan results in them.
  1. Pregnancy and lactation.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
61 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Niacinamide group

    Niacinamide oral tablets as Nature's Life 1000 mg tablets once daily for 3 months diabetes management including metformin or Sulphonylurea

    Dietary Supplement: Niacinamide Oral Tablet · Drug: Antidiabetic

  • Active comparator
    Control group

    diabetes management including metformin or Sulphonylurea

    Drug: Antidiabetic

Interventions

  • Dietary supplementNiacinamide Oral Tablet

    Nature's Life Niacinamide 1000 mg

    Also known as: Nicotinamide, Vitamin B3

  • DrugAntidiabetic

    Metformin or Sulphonylurea

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Steatosis using Fibroscan with CAP

    using Fibroscan with CAP

    Time frame: 3 months

  2. Adiponectin mesurement

    Endothelial dysfunction

    Time frame: 3 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Malondialdehyde

    Oxidative stress marker

    Time frame: 3 monthes

  2. HOMA-IR

    Insulin resistance

    Time frame: 3 months

  3. ALT, AST

    Liver enzymes

    Time frame: 3 months

  4. LDL, cholesterol

    Lipid markers

    Time frame: 3 months

Other outcomes

  1. Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire

    quality of measurement

    Time frame: 3 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • AlZahraa hospital
    Cairo, 02, Egypt
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References and documents

Publications

  • El-Kady RR, Ali AK, El Wakeel LM, Sabri NA, Shawki MA. Nicotinamide supplementation in diabetic nonalcoholic fatty liver disease patients: randomized controlled trial. Ther Adv Chronic Dis. 2022 Feb 23;13:20406223221077958. doi: 10.1177/20406223221077958. eCollection 2022. PubMed 35222903 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 22, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03850886
Lead sponsor
Ain Shams University
Responsible party
Rasha Roshdy Ibrahim El-kady (Teaching assisstant at department clinical pharmacy, Ain Shams University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 22, 2019
Start date
Jan 15, 2019
Primary completion
Aug 7, 2019
Completion
Aug 7, 2019
Last update
Jan 22, 2020

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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