Cirrhosis Regression is Associated with Improved Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.
Arun J SanyalQuentin Mark AnsteeMichael TraunerEric J LawitzManal F AbdelmalekDora DingLing HanCatherine JiaRyan S HussChuhan ChungVincent Wai-Sun WongTakeshi OkanoueManuel Romero-GomezAndrew J MuirNezam H AfdhalJaime BoschZachary GoodmanStephen A HarrisonZobair M YounossiRobert P MyersPublished in: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) (2021)
In patients with compensated cirrhosis due to NASH, regression of fibrosis is associated with a reduction in liver-related complications. These data support the utility of histologic fibrosis regression and NITs as clinical trial endpoints for NASH cirrhosis.