# Use of Shear Wave Elastography to Assess Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)

> **NCT03587298** · — · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **RWTH Aachen University** · enrollment: 80 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- NAFLD

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Real-Time (Supersonic)- 2D shear wave elastography (rt-SWE)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03587298
- **Lead sponsor:** RWTH Aachen University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2018-09-15
- **Primary completion:** 2021-07
- **Final completion:** 2021-08
- **Target enrollment:** 80 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2021-03-10


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03587298

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03587298, "Use of Shear Wave Elastography to Assess Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03587298. Licensed CC0.

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