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Impact of Soymilk on Liver Disease Severity of Children With Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)

A Phase 2 interventional study of Standard Soy Milk and 2% Fat Cow's Milk in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, sponsored by Marialena Mouzaki. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 5 Years to 16 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-22.

Sponsored by Marialena Mouzaki · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Jan 2024; still recruiting 2 years 9 months later.

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Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
44
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
5 Years to 16 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-14

Among 547 studies in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease with a site in United States — 60 open to participants now, 93 under way, 13 of them phase 3. Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease · United States.

Planned enrollment
275th of 460
44 · median 56
Started
2024
with 28 others
Phase 2
192 of 547
15 open now
Primary completion
2028-03
later than 56 of 92 live
Registered
495th of 547
by date

Among the 547 studies in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease with a site in United States, this one is the 275th largest by planned enrollment of the 460 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 29 that started in 2024, is one of 192 in phase 2, reaches primary completion later than 56 of the 92 other live ones, and was the 495th registered.

Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

1,618 studies on the registry are indexed under Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; 323 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

60 of the 547 studies in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease with a site in United States are open now. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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Who these studies take

Of the 220 Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease studies recruiting now, 66 (30%) set no upper age limit and 125 (57%) stop at 75 or younger; 27 take children under 18; 55 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 5 Years to 16 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

A randomized, controlled study of standard soy milk consumption compared to 2% fat cow's milk consumption in children with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). The investigators hypothesize that the daily consumption of soy isoflavones found in the soy milk will be beneficial in reducing NAFLD and other obesity-related comorbidities. The investigators do not expect any adverse endocrine or metabolomic effects from the consumption of soy isoflavones.

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Conditions studied

  • Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Keywords

  • NAFLD
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
5 Years to 16 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Children with overweight/obesity
  • Known NAFLD or elevated (>30)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Baseline habitual (>3 days per week) consumption of soy foods
  • Allergy to soy or cow's milk protein
  • Inability to undergo MRI
  • Recent (past 8 weeks) antibiotic exposure
  • Treatment for existing endocrine disorders
  • MRI PDFF \<10%
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Investigator)
Enrollment
44 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Placebo comparator
    2% Fat Cows Milk

    Participants randomized to this arm will consume 2% fat cow's milk twice daily for 12 weeks.

    Drug: 2% Fat Cow's Milk

  • Experimental
    Standard Soy Milk

    Participants randomized to this arm will consume standard soy milk twice daily for 12 weeks.

    Drug: Standard Soy Milk

Interventions

  • DrugStandard Soy Milk

    Consumption of commercially available soy milk

  • Drug2% Fat Cow's Milk

    Consumption of commercially available 2% cow's milk

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in liver disease severity

    Change in liver disease severity, measured using magnetic resonance imaging-proton density fat fraction (MRI-PDFF). A relative PDFF change of 30% correlates with histologic improvement in patients with NAFLD and is commonly used in clinical trials.

    Time frame: 12 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in serum aminotransferase levels (ALT, aspartate aminotransferase [AST], GGT, alkaline phosphatase [ALP])

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  2. Change in gamma glutamyl-transferase levels (GGT)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  3. Change in alkaline phosphatase (ALP)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  4. Change in fasting triglycerides

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  5. Change in total cholesterol (TC)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  6. Change in high- and low-density lipoprotein (HDL-C, LCL-C) levels

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  7. Change in glucose

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  8. Change in insulin

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  9. Change in glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  10. Change in testosterone, estrogen and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) levels

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  11. Change in thyroid function (TSH and Free T4)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  12. Change in estradiol

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  13. Change in serum metabolome and lipidome

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  14. Change in systolic and diastolic blood pressure

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  15. Change in equol production status

    Time frame: 12 weeks

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Jan 2024 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Mar 2028, 50 months after the start.

Of 53 non-industry phase 2 interventional studies under Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, half reached primary completion within 40 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 25 and three quarters within 56. This study's planned 50 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 185 studies reached it within 26 months; a quarter within 16 and three quarters within 36.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Oct 13, 2023
First posted
Nov 15, 2023
StartActual
Jan 15, 2024
Primary completionEst.
Mar 2028
CompletionEst.
Sep 2028
Last update
Sep 22, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 22, 2026, 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
NCT06133101
Lead sponsor
Marialena Mouzaki
Responsible party
Marialena Mouzaki (Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Nov 15, 2023
Start date
Jan 15, 2024
Primary completion
Mar 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 22, 2026

Study contacts

Ann Popelar
Contact
Ann.Popelar@cchmc.org
(513) 636-8867

Oversight

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