Key result
Orlistat reversed ultrasound grades of fatty liver and improved serum levels of periostin and adiponectin compared with hypocaloric diet only.
Why the study?
Does orlistat added to a hypocaloric diet improve ultrasound grades of fatty liver and inflammatory biomarkers in obese patients with NAFLD?
Observational (n=77)
Does orlistat added to a hypocaloric diet improve ultrasound grades of fatty liver and inflammatory biomarkers in obese patients with NAFLD?
Orlistat combined with a hypocaloric diet improves ultrasound grades of fatty liver and favorable biomarker profiles in obese patients with NAFLD.
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Orlistat may benefit fatty liver observationally; leaves open superiority over diet alone in RCTs.
Orlistat is recommended in the treatment of obesity, which is an independent risk factor for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The reported findings of orlistat in NAFLD are divisive. Recently, periostin is identified as an important regulatory molecule in the pathogenesis of obesity-induced fatty liver. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the potential effects of orlistat in the treatment of NAFLD. A 16-week prospective observational study was conducted, with obese NAFLD patient (n=77) receiving orlistat (120 mg capsules, three times a day) with hypocaloric diet or hypocaloric diet only. Grades of fatty liver were determined using ultrasound (US) echogenicity of liver; serum levels of periostin, adiponectin, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and interleukin-6 were determined using ELISA kits at 0 and 16 weeks. Correlations of US grades of fatty liver with these biomarkers were also determined. Orlistat significantly reversed the US grades of fatty liver ( P =0.016), decreased serum levels of periostin ( P =0.030) and TNF-α ( P =0.040), and increased serum adiponectin levels ( P <0.001) when compared with hypocaloric diet only. Serum interleukin-6 levels were not found to be significantly different in both groups after the treatment. In the orlistat group, the degree of reduction in grades of fatty liver was found to be positively correlated with the changes in serum levels of periostin (r s =0.306, P =0.041) and adiponectin (r s =0.314, P =0.036), whereas the associations were insignificant with the change in serum levels of TNF-α (r s =0.053, P =0.729). Mild gastrointestinal side effects (20%) were reported in the orlistat group. In conclusion, orlistat is effective in the treatment of NAFLD patients without fibrosis. This study demonstrated a positive association between the reduction of fatty infiltration in the liver and the changes in serum levels of periostin and adiponectin in obese NAFLD patients.
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Khan et al. (2017) conducted an observational in Obese nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) (n=77). Orlistat vs. Hypocaloric diet only was evaluated on Ultrasound grades of fatty liver (p=0.016). Orlistat reversed ultrasound grades of fatty liver and improved serum levels of periostin and adiponectin compared with hypocaloric diet only.
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