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ArticleJournal of clinical and experimental hepatology

A Prospective Randomised Comparative Four-arm Intervention Study of Efficacy and Safety of Saroglitazar and Vitamin E in Patients With Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)/Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)-SVIN TRIAL.

Bilal A Mir, Brij Sharma, Rajesh Sharma, Vishal Bodh, Ashish Chauhan, Tahir Majeed, Inaamul Haq, Neetu Sharma, Dikshant Sharma

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Article in Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Vitamin E for people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Bilal A MirDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, 171001, India.
Brij SharmaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, 171001, India.
Rajesh SharmaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, 171001, India.
Vishal BodhDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, 171001, India.
Ashish ChauhanDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, 171001, India.
Tahir MajeedDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, 171001, India.
Inaamul HaqDepartment of Social and Preventive Medicine, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Neetu SharmaDepartment of Physiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, 171001, India.
Dikshant SharmaPJLN Medical College, 175008, Chamba, India.
Indira Gandhi Medical College · INGovernment Medical College · INJawaharlal Nehru Medical College · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and aim: Vitamin E is widely prescribed for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Saroglitazar, a novel dual peroxisome proliferator-activator receptor ɑ/γ agonist, is approved in India for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). No head-to-head comparative study for vitamin E and saroglitazar is available. We studied the efficacy and safety of saroglitazar and vitamin E in NAFLD/NASH. Materials and methods: We prospectively randomised 175 NAFLD patients into four arms as Saroglitazar 4 mg daily alone (n = 44), vitamin E 800IU daily alone (n = 41), vitamin E and saroglitazar combination (n = 47), and control arm (n = 43). All the baseline variables including liver stiffness measurement (LSM) and controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) were recorded. Reassessment was done after 24 weeks of treatment. Results: The mean age and body mass index was 45 ± 11 years and 26 ± 3.6 kg/m Conclusions: Combination of Saroglitazar and vitamin E showed statistically significant reduction of LSM and CAP along with biochemical, glycaemic, and lipid parameters. Clinical trial registry India no: CTRI/2022/01/039538.

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FibroelastographyMASLDNon-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseSaroglitazarVitamin E

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PMID38628977
PMCPMC11017282
OpenAlexW4392969995

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