To investigate the therapeutic effect of ezetimibe on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, the effect of rosuvastatin 5mg monotherapy and rosuvastatin 5mg / ezetimibe 10mg combination therapy n patients with hyperlipidemia and fatty liver will be compared and analyzed. This study included a total of 70 patients (35 per subgroup) for randomized controlled trials with prospective, open label, randomized, single-institution clinical trials. The drug will be maintained for a total of six months. The primary endpoint is the difference of liver fat change measured by MRI-PDFF in colocalized regions of interest within nine liver segments between two groups.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
64
Rosuvastatin 5mg 1T daily for 6 months
Rosuvastatin 5mg / Ezetimibe 10mg combination 1T daily for 6 months
Yonsei University College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Severance Hospital, Diabetes center
Seoul, South Korea
liver fat change measured by MRI-PDFF in colocalized regions of interest within each of nine liver segments
MRI is used to measure the fat fraction in 9 liver segments, and this test has been reported to be more sensitive than the biopsy-based steatosis grade assessment in confirming liver fat changes in previous studies
Time frame: 6 months
Liver fibrosis measured by MRE(magnetic resonance elastography)
The secondary endpoint is to analyze the changes before and after drug administration for the following items: Liver fibrosis measured by magnetic resonance elastography
Time frame: 6 months
Change in hepatic steatosis index - controlled attenuation parameter (CAP)
The secondary endpoint is to analyze the changes before and after drug administration for the following items: controlled attenuation parameter (CAP)
Time frame: 6 months
Change in hepatic fibrosis index - liver stiffness measurement (LSM) measured by transient liver elastography (Fibroscan®; Echosens, Paris, France)
The secondary endpoint is to analyze the changes before and after drug administration for the following items: liver stiffness measurement (LSM) measured by fibroscan
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in body weight (kg) before and after the administration of rosuvastatin with/without ezetimibe
The secondary endpoint is to analyze the changes before and after drug administration for the following items: body weight
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in waist circumference (cm) before and after the administration of rosuvastatin with/without ezetimibe
The secondary endpoint is to analyze the changes before and after drug administration for the following items: WC
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in systolic & diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) before and after the administration of rosuvastatin with/without ezetimibe
The secondary endpoint is to analyze the changes before and after drug administration for the following items: SBP, DBP
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in serum concentrations of insulin (µU/mL), before and after the administration of rosuvastatin with/without ezetimibe
The secondary endpoint is to analyze the changes before and after drug administration for the following items: fasting insulin
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in serum concentrations of fasting glucose (mg/dL), before and after the administration of rosuvastatin with/without ezetimibe
The secondary endpoint is to analyze the changes before and after drug administration for the following items: fasting glucose
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in serum concentrations of HbA1c (percent), before and after the administration of rosuvastatin with/without ezetimibe
The secondary endpoint is to analyze the changes before and after drug administration for the following items: HbA1c
Time frame: 6 months
Change in insulin sensitivity determined by homeostatic model assessment insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and beta cell function determined by HOMA-beta
The secondary endpoint is to analyze the changes before and after drug administration for the following items: HOMAIR, HOMA-beta
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in serum concentrations of free fatty acid (μEq/L), before and after the administration of rosuvastatin with/without ezetimibe
The secondary endpoint is to analyze the changes before and after drug administration for the following items: free fatty acid
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in serum concentrations of platelet (×103/ μL), before and after the administration of rosuvastatin with/without ezetimibe
The secondary endpoint is to analyze the changes before and after drug administration for the following items: platelet
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in serum concentrations of alkaline phosphate (U/L) and gamma-GT(U/L), before and after the administration of rosuvastatin with/without ezetimibe
The secondary endpoint is to analyze the changes before and after drug administration for the following items: Alk,phos, GGT
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in serum concentrations of total bilirubin (mg/dL), before and after the administration of rosuvastatin with/without ezetimibe
The secondary endpoint is to analyze the changes before and after drug administration for the following items: total bilirubin
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in serum concentrations of liver enzymes (aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase (IU/L)), before and after the administration of rosuvastatin with/without ezetimibe
The secondary endpoint is to analyze the changes before and after drug administration for the following items: ALT, AST
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in serum lipids (total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL cholesterol, and LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)), before and after the administration of rosuvastatin with/without ezetimibe
The secondary endpoint is to analyze the changes before and after drug administration for the following items: LDL-C, TG, HDL, TC
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in serum concentrations of CRP (mg/dL), before and after the administration of rosuvastatin with/without ezetimibe
The secondary endpoint is to analyze the changes before and after drug administration for the following items: High-sensitivity CRP
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in the level of liver injury markers including IL-1beta, IL-8, IL-18 (pg/mL) before and after the administration of rosuvastatin with/without ezetimibe
The secondary endpoint is to analyze the changes before and after drug administration for the following items: biomarker ( IL-1b, IL-8, IL18)
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (ng/mL) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells, before and after the administration of rosuvastatin with/without ezetimibe
The secondary endpoint is to analyze the changes before and after drug administration for the following items: tPAI-1
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in BMI (kg/m^2) before and after the administration of rosuvastatin with/without ezetimibe
The secondary endpoint is to analyze the changes before and after drug administration for the following items: BMI
Time frame: 6 months
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