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Naltrexone improves liver-related parameters, decompensation in alcohol use disorder
BOSTON — Oral naltrexone 50 mg safely improved alcohol use-related parameters and decompensation, and also reduced cravings, over 1 year among patients with alcohol use disorder and compensated cirrhosis, according to a presenter.
VIDEO: TERN-501 ‘could be a best-in-class molecule’ alone, as combination therapy for MASH
BOSTON — Treatment with TERN-501, a selective thyroid hormone receptor beta agonist, reduced liver fat content and fibro-inflammation among patients with presumed metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, late-breaking data showed.
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Provider training alone may not be enough to improve advanced care planning
BOSTON — An educational program for transplant nurse coordinators did not improve advanced care planning among patients with decompensated cirrhosis, suggesting that provider training alone is “insufficient” to create significant change.
ACLF with recompensated cirrhosis has ‘generally milder’ severity, better prognosis
Patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure and recompensated cirrhosis had less severe disease, lower incidence of respiratory failure and better prognosis at 1 year vs. those with decompensated cirrhosis, researchers reported.
Replacing meat with plant, dairy protein curbs ammonia generation in cirrhosis
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Substituting just one meat-based meal with protein from plant or dairy sources could improve metabolite signatures linked to hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis, according to a presenter here.
Pain ‘exceedingly common’ among patients with cirrhosis before liver transplant
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Pain was reported in nearly 80% of patients with cirrhosis evaluated for liver transplant and, when paired with anxiety and depression, was a significant driver for poor quality of life, noted a presenter here.
High triglyceride levels exacerbate severity, complications of acute pancreatitis in NAFLD
Elevated serum triglyceride levels were associated with severity of acute pancreatitis and risk for related complications, including organ failure, among patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, according to data.
High out-of-pocket costs may lower rifaximin adherence for hepatic encephalopathy
Researchers reported low rifaximin treatment retention among patients with hepatic encephalopathy, with 30-day out-of-pocket treatment costs in excess of $150 among the factors associated with poor adherence.
Former Smash Mouth singer’s death underscores need for liver disease awareness
After nearly a decade of health problems, Steve Harwell, former lead singer and frontman for the band Smash Mouth, died Sept. 4 at age 56, which the band’s manager, Robert Hayes, said was caused by acute liver failure.
$9.5 million Novo Nordisk grant to fund trial of Ozempic, Wegovy for fibrosis in NAFLD
Novo Nordisk has awarded a $9.57 million grant supporting a clinical trial at the University of California San Diego NAFLD Research Center to evaluate the use of semaglutide in patients with fibrosis due to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
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