MASLD has become the most common chronic liver disease worldwide. Giovanni Targher, MD, Luca Valenti, MD (@lucavalenti75), and Christopher D. Byrne, MB, ChB, review the features of the disease as well as pharmacotherapies targeting the associated liver and cardiovascular–renal–metabolic issues.
Learn more in the Review Article “Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease” from @univerona, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, and elsewhere: https://t.co/EJhFlIcXOp
Original Article: Tirzepatide as Compared with Semaglutide for the Treatment of Obesity (SURMOUNT-5 phase 3b trial) https://t.co/mDYfCO3Bqy
@EASOobesity | #ECO2025
In the ELATIVE trial involving patients with primary biliary cholangitis, treatment with elafibranor, a dual PPAR-α and PPAR-δ agonist, led to greater improvements in biochemical indicators of cholestasis than placebo. Full results and Research Summary: https://t.co/dtLMERK89k
Resmetirom is a selective agonist of THR-β. In adults with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and fibrosis, daily resmetirom (80 mg or 100 mg) was superior to placebo with respect to NASH resolution and fibrosis improvement. Full MAESTRO-NASH trial results: https://t.co/Sa0XRPmU5C
In the phase 3 MAESTRO-NAFLD-1 trial, the liver-targeted thyroid hormone receptor-β selective agonist resmetirom was well tolerated and improved liver biomarkers in adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
https://t.co/qeyfue8hh4
New #NAFLD Nomenclature!
Fatty Liver = Steatotic Liver Disease #SLD
NAFLD = #MASLD
NASH = #MASH
MASLD who drink ETOH = #MetALD
Alcohol related liver disease = #ALD
SLD with known cause (drug, Hep C, Wilson, other genetic etc.) = specific etiology SLD
SLD without known metabolic or other risk = cryptogenic SLD
#LiverTwitter
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How can we predict clinical outcomes in NAFLD?
Do we need biopsy? Are non-invasive tests good enough?
A study in >2,500 biopsy-proven NAFLD in @LancetGastroHep shows that non-invasive tests are comparable to liver biopsy.
#livertwitter#MedTwitter https://t.co/D7dKjTmSZw
Now published in @HEP_Journal: This AASLD Guidance document reflects many advances in the field pertinent to any practitioner caring for patients with #NAFLD and emphasizes advances in noninvasive risk stratification and therapeutics. https://t.co/iisdQqhs75 #LiverTwitter
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common condition in patients with cirrhosis. It occurs in up to 50% of hospitalized patients with cirrhosis and in 58% of such patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). 1/10
In a randomized trial involving patients with acute pancreatitis, early aggressive fluid resuscitation resulted in increased fluid overload without improvement in clinical outcomes. https://t.co/syZoPgCM5m
Very proud of our study published in @NEJM. 100% clinical complete response with dostarlimab alone in mismatch repair-deficient locally advanced #RectalCancer. No radiation or surgery! @ASCO#ASCO22@MSKCancerCenter https://t.co/sZypoHBtj7