Please assess the completion status of the following clinical trial:

Trial Title: Role of Pioglitazone in the Treatment of Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

Study Design Characteristics:
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Intervention Model: PARALLEL
- Observational Model: None
- Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
- Time Perspective: None
- Masking: QUADRUPLE
- Phase: PHASE4
- Number of Arms: 2.0

Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:~1. Be able to communicate meaningfully with the Investigator and be legally competent to provide written informed consent.~2. Patients must have an age range between 21 to 70 years (inclusive).~3. NASH confirmed by liver biopsy.~4. Subjects must meet the criteria for impaired glucose tolerance (FPG concentration \<126 mg/dl and a two hour plasma glucose value during the oral glucose tolerance test \[OGTT\] ≥140 but \<200 mg/dl) or type 2 diabetes mellitus (FPG concentration ≥ 126 mg/dl or a two hour plasma glucose value during the OGTT ≥200 mg/dl) (62). Subjects with a FPG greater than 260 mg/dl will be excluded from the study.~5. Diabetic patients will be allowed to be on sulfonylureas or repaglinide but not on metformin, a thiazolidinedione or insulin. Patients must have been on a stable dose of allowed chronic medications for four weeks prior to entering the double-blind treatment period.~6. Female patients must be non-lactating and must either be at least two years post-menopausal, or be using adequate mechanical contraceptive precautions (i.e. intrauterine device, diaphragm with spermicide, condom with spermicide), or be surgically sterilized (i.e. bilateral tubal ligation, bilateral oophorectomy). Female patients who have undergone a hysterectomy are eligible for participation in the study. Female patients (except for those patients who have undergone a hysterectomy or a bilateral oophorectomy) are eligible only if they have a negative pregnancy test throughout the study period. Patients on oral contraceptives or an hormonal implant will be excluded.~7. All participants must have the following laboratory values:~Hemoglobin ≥ 13 gm/dl in males, or~≥ 12 gm/dl in females WBC count ≥ 3,000/mm3 Neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm3 Platelets ≥ 100,000/mm3 Prothrombin time within 3 seconds of control Albumin ≥3.0 g/dl Serum creatinine ≤ 1.6 mg/dl Creatinine phosphokinase ≤ 2 times upper limit of normal AST (SGOT) ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal ALT (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal~Exclusion Criteria:~1. Any cause of chronic liver disease other than NASH (such as -but not restricted to- alcohol or drug abuse, medication, chronic hepatitis B or C, autoimmune, hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease, alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency).~2. Any clinical evidence or history of ascitis, bleeding varices, or spontaneous encephalopathy.~3. No past (for at least for 1 year) or current history of alcohol abuse (alcohol consumption greater than one drink per day).~4. Prior surgical procedures to include gastroplasty, jejuno-ileal or jejunocolic bypass.~5. Prior exposure to organic solvents such as carbon tetrachloride.~6. Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) within the past 6 months.~7. Diabetics with a FPG greater than 260 mg/dl on initial visit.~8. Diabetics who are taking metformin, a thiazolidinedione or insulin.~9. Subjects with type 1 diabetes mellitus.~10. Patients on chronic medications with known adverse effects on glucose tolerance levels unless the patient has been on a stable dose of such agents for 4 weeks before entry into the study. Patients on estrogens or other hormonal replacement therapy, tamoxifen, raloxifene, oral glucocorticoids or chloroquine will be excluded.~11. Patients with a history of clinically significant heart disease (New York Heart Classification greater than grade II; more than non-specific ST-T wave changes on EKG), peripheral vascular disease (history of claudication), or pulmonary disease (dyspnea on exertion of one flight or less; abnormal breath sounds on auscultation), will not be studied.

- Gender: ALL
- Minimum Age: 21 Years
- Maximum Age: 70 Years
- Healthy Volunteers: t

Study Arms:
- Pioglitazone (Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR): Pioglitazone 30 mg/d will be given for 8 weeks and titrated to 45 mg/d until the end of the 6-month study in a randomized, double-blind, study design.
- Placebo (Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR): Placebo once daily is given following a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study design.

Based on this trial design, predict the completion outcome and termination type (if applicable).

Answer: outcome: complete