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Study identifier: NCT04858412 Synced from ClinicalTrials.gov · July 29, 2026
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Study of HMB-enriched Amino Acid Supplementation in Patients With Alcoholic Liver Disease and COVID-19

Condition: Alcoholic Liver Disease · COVID 19 Pneumonia  ·  Sponsor: The Cleveland Clinic

PhaseNA
Planned participants48
Who can joinAll sexes, 21 Years to no upper limit
Healthy volunteersNo

About this study

Patients with COVID-19 and comorbidities including alcohol associated liver disease (ALD) are at risk for severe illness and abrupt or sudden clinical deterioration with ventilatory failure. â-hydroxy â-methyl butyrate (HMB), a non-nitrogenous leucine metabolite with anabolic properties, increases muscle mass and contractile function and enhances immune function. We aim to study the natural course of COVID-19 in patients with ALD and test whether HMB can affect ventilatory deterioration and improve short and long-term morbidity, mortality, and recovery from critical illness in symptomatic COVID-19 patients with ALD.

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Talk to the study team

Annette Bellar, MSLA  ·  216-445-0688  ·  bellara@ccf.org

Alina Tuladhar, MPH  ·  216-445-6268  ·  tuladha@ccf.org

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Locations (1)

Cleveland Clinic FoundationCleveland, Ohio, United StatesRecruiting

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