A randomized controlled trial of L-taurine for fatigue in decompensated cirrhosis.
- 2026-04-24
- RCT · n = 161
- Hepatology communications 10(5)
- Swarup Sasidharan
- Cyriac Abby Philips
- Ajit Tharakan
- Rizwan Ahamed
- Tharun Tom Oommen
- John Menachery
- Rosh Varghese
- Philip Augustine
- PubMed: 42043864
- DOI: 10.1097/hc9.0000000000000938
- High evidence
- Large Human Trial
In patients without anemia (n=41), taurine produced a large treatment effect (-11.90±4.04 vs. -4.57±9.23; p=0.002; Cohen's d=-1.02)
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Large
- Significant
- No
- Dose
- 1000 mg/d