🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-02-25

Diet and Meal Timing in Patients With Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatoic Liver Disease (NCT05332613)

Diet and Meal Timing in Patients With Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatoic Liver Disease: A Pilot Study

🟢 Recruiting Observational / Diagnostic 🧠 Behavioral & Psychological Program Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

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.

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (4 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (21 items).

Location: Weill Cornell Medicine — New York, New York

Age range: 18 Years to 65 Years

🧪 Interventions in This Study

  • TRE plus SOC (BEHAVIORAL)
  • SOC (BEHAVIORAL)
  • TRE (BEHAVIORAL)

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Unclear etiology of liver disease
  • Competing etiologies for hepatic steatosis
  • Co-existing causes of chronic liver disease according to standard diagnostic testing including, but not restricted to:
  • Positive hepatitis B surface antigen
  • Positive hepatitis C virus RNA
  • Suspicion of drug-induced liver disease
  • Alcoholic liver disease
  • Autoimmune hepatitis
  • Wilson's disease
  • Hemochromatosis
  • Primary biliary cholangitis or primary sclerosing cholangitis

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)

  • Weill Cornell Medicine — New York, New York

📞 Contact the Study Coordinator

Phone: (646) 962-5483

Email: sok9028@med.cornell.edu

Coordinator details come directly from the registered NIH protocol. Confirm the study is still recruiting before traveling.

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.

💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Contact the study coordinator using the phone/email above.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
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