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NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: early-phase trial registry

7 of 29 indexed NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #552 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

29 US clinical trials · 7 currently recruiting · #552 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: 29 US clinical trials tracked, 7 recruiting.

NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis is the subject of 29 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 7 of them currently open to new participants. 4 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 13 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, running 2 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition nash-nonalcoholic-steatohepatitis

OPEN 7 | RECR 24% | LATE 4 | EARLY 13 | RANK #552 | SPON 2

Nearest open-share peer: Burnout, Professional (24% recruiting · 29 trials)

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Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis lists 7 open slots (24% of 29 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    7 of 29 indexed trials (24.1%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis trials is spread across many organizations.

    Madrigal Pharmaceuticals accounts for 2 of 29 trials (6.9%). 25 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis enrolment sits around 80 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 80 among the 29 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 16 of those (55.2%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis research is mostly interventional.

    23 interventional and 6 observational studies make up this index (79.3% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 14Phase 29Phase 34

Open and recent trials

29 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING Phase 3 1,150 participants

A Study Evaluating Efruxifermin in Subjects With Compensated Cirrhosis Due to NASH/MASH

Akero Therapeutics

NCT06528314

RECRUITING Phase 3 1,000 participants

A Phase 3 Study Evaluating Efficacy and Safety of Lanifibranor Followed by an Active Treatment Extension in Adult Patients With (NASH) and Fibrosis Stages F2 and F3 ( NATiV3 )

Inventiva Pharma

NCT04849728

RECRUITING NA 225 participants

Non-Invasive Quantification of Liver Health in NASH (N-QUAN)

Perspectum

NCT04054310

RECRUITING 60 participants

Investigating the Link Between Type 2 Immunity and NAFLD in Human Obesity

Mayo Clinic

NCT04232566

RECRUITING Phase 3 60 participants

Estrogen Administration for the Treatment of NASH in Postmenopausal Women

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT04833140

RECRUITING NA 48 participants

Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy and Lifestyle Modification for the Treatment of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis

University of Minnesota

NCT03587831

RECRUITING NA 20 participants

Feasibility, Safety and Acceptability of a Mobile Health Delivered Exercise Training Program in Patients With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

NCT06195943

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 1,759 participants

A Phase 3 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of MGL-3196 (Resmetirom) in Patients With NASH and Fibrosis

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals

NCT03900429

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 450 participants

LITMUS Imaging Study

University of Oxford

NCT05479721

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 400 participants

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in HIV Database

Johns Hopkins University

NCT05023044

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 215 participants

Study to Evaluate Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of HM15211(Efocipegtrutide) in Subjects

Hanmi Pharmaceutical Company Limited

NCT04505436

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 182 participants

A Study of Efruxifermin in Subjects With Compensated Cirrhosis Due to Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) (Symmetry)

Akero Therapeutics

NCT05039450

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 70 participants

Statins for the Treatment of NASH

Mayo Clinic

NCT04679376

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 70 participants

Tocotrienol Against the Progression of End Stage Liver Disease

Chandan Sen

NCT02581085

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 40 participants

Safety and Efficacy of Ketogenic Diet for Promoting Weight Loss in Obese Individuals With Compensated NASH Cirrhosis

Indiana University

NCT04383951

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 35 participants

Novel MRE Technique to Assess a Risk Factor for Liver Cancer

Natalie Torok

NCT05165446

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Hepatic Energy Fluxes in NASH and NAS Patients

University of Minnesota

NCT03997422

COMPLETED Phase 2 392 participants

A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability & Efficacy of MSDC-0602K in Patients With NASH

Cirius Therapeutics

NCT02784444

COMPLETED 340 participants

The Liver in the World Trade Center Health Program General Responder Cohort and Controls

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

NCT03858920

COMPLETED Phase 2 171 participants

Evaluation of Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Aldafermin in a Phase 2b, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multi-center Study In Subjects With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Stage 2/3 Fibrosis (ALPINE 2/3)

NGM Biopharmaceuticals

NCT03912532

COMPLETED Phase 2 162 participants

DUET Study: A Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety, Efficacy, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Orally Administered TERN-501 as Monotherapy and in Combination With TERN-101 in Noncirrhotic Adults With Presumed Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis

Terns

NCT05415722

COMPLETED 135 participants

Quantifying Body Composition and Liver Disease in Children Using Free-Breathing MRI and MRE

University of California, Los Angeles

NCT04591106

COMPLETED Phase 1 87 participants

Phase 1 Study to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Tolerability of Multiple Oral Doses of MGL-3196 in Subjects With Varying Degrees of Hepatic Impairment and Healthy Matched Control Subjects

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals

NCT04643795

COMPLETED Phase 2 80 participants

Phase 2a Study of HU6 in Subjects With Elevated Liver Fat and High BMI Volunteers

Rivus Pharmaceuticals

NCT04874233

COMPLETED NA 70 participants

Effect of Vitamin E on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Jeffrey Browning

NCT02690792

COMPLETED Phase 1 43 participants

A Drug-drug Interaction Study to Investigate the Effect of Coadministration of EDP-305 on the PK of a Combined Oral Contraceptive in Healthy Female Subjects

Enanta Pharmaceuticals

NCT03783897

COMPLETED Phase 2 25 participants

A Study of the Safety and Tolerability of LPCN 1144 in Subjects Who Completed the LPCN 1144-18-002 Trial

Lipocine

NCT04685993

COMPLETED Phase 1 8 participants

PK Study of Liquid Formulation of BIO89-100 in Subjects With NASH With Compensation Cirrhosis

89bio

NCT05022693

COMPLETED Phase 1 5 participants

Study of Gemcabene in Adults With FPLD

Elif Oral

NCT03508687

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 4
Phase 2 9
Phase 3 4

Top Sponsors

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Placebo Drug
8 trials
Placebo Other
3 trials
MGL-3196 Drug
2 trials
600mg Gemcabene Drug
1 trials
300mg Gemcabene Drug
1 trials
TERN-101 Drug
1 trials
TERN-501 Drug
1 trials
Low-dose non-contrast CT Procedure
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 13 trials
Arizona 11 trials
Indiana 7 trials
Florida 7 trials
Texas 6 trials
Minnesota 5 trials
Arkansas 5 trials
Alabama 5 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis page

29 registered trials, 7 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

  • 7 NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Madrigal Pharmaceuticals sponsors the most NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Madrigal Pharmaceuticals's trials
  • Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis condition card totals 29 registered trials; most-linked intervention Placebo; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.