Evaluation the Safety and Efficacy of Cilostazol in Treatment of Patients With Fatty Liver Disease

Evaluation the Safety and Efficacy of Cilostazol in Treatment of Patients With Fatty Liver Disease: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.

The aim of the current study is to evaluate the safety and efficay of cilostazol in treatment of patients with fatty liver disease. Several previous reports have shown that cilostazol ameliorates lipid imbalances in NAFLD. Cilostazol appeared to exert beneficial effects against NAFLD

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults between 18 and 60 years of age, both men and women,
• Clinical diagnosis of NAFLD, confirmed by imaging exams,
• Patients who present levels above the reference values of ALT, AST and ferritin.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women in the menacing period, with the exception of those who have performed definitive sterilization, such as hysterectomy or tubal ligation.
• Patients with established prior diagnosis of chronic noncommunicable disease (congestive heart failure, decompensated or severe lung disease, neoplasms, renal disease, advanced liver disease - Child Pugh C classification)
• Patients with schistosomiasis;
• Hemochromatosis
• Wilson's disease
• Viral or autoimmune hepatitis
• HIV virus carriers
• Woman who is breastfeeding
• Users of illicit drugs
• Patients with an intake of more than 20 g / day of alcohol and / or past alcoholism with abstention less than 6 months;
• Patients with ingestion of medications such as steroids, estrogens, amiodarone, warfarin, anti-convulsants, antipsychotics, tamoxifen or other chemotherapeutic agents in the last 6 months
• Patients with clinically manifest infections or inflammation, surgery, trauma or hospitalization in the last 30 days
• Chronic non-hepatic degenerative diseases (sclerosis, Parkinson's disease or -Alzheimer's disease)
• Patients who do not participate in all stages of the research.