Efficacy of long-term ezetimibe therapy in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Journal of Gastroenterology
Hyohun ParkTakeshi Okanoue

Abstract

Hyperlipidemia, insulin resistance, and oxidative stress can heavily contribute to the initiation and progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Currently, there is no established treatment for this disease. Recently, several studies have shown that ezetimibe (EZ), a lipid-lowering drug, attenuates liver steatosis in an experimental NAFLD model. This study was designed to assess the efficacy of long-term EZ monotherapy in patients with NAFLD. A total of 45 patients with newly diagnosed liver biopsy-proven NAFLD were treated with EZ (10 mg/day) for 24 months. NAFLD-related biochemical parameters, imaging by computerized tomography, and liver biopsy were studied before and after treatment. Ezetimibe therapy significantly improved NAFLD-related metabolic parameters including visceral fat area, fasting insulin, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-R), triglycerides, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-Ch), oxidative-LDL, the net electronegative charge modified-LDL, profiles of lipoprotein particle size and fatty acids component, and estimated desaturase activity. EZ therapy also significantly lowered serum alanine aminotransferase and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein leve...Continue Reading

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