Primary Recipient

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY

Amount

$104,771.00

Award Date

1/25/2010

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

The NIDDK NASH Clinical Research Network (CRN) has recently completed a clinical trial of pioglitazone or vitamin E for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). This study demonstrates that vitamin E (800 IU/day) is superior to placebo for treatment of NASH a