Status:
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Study of Elafibranor in Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC)
Lead Sponsor:
Ipsen
Conditions:
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The participants of this study will have confirmed Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) with inadequate response or intolerance to ursodeoxycholic acid (which is a medication used in the management and t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria
- Males or females age of 18 to 75 years (inclusive)
- Definite or probable Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) diagnosis
- Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) ≥ 1.67x upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Total bilirubin (TB) ≤ 2x ULN
- Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) for at least 12 months (stable dose ≥ 3 months) prior to screening, or unable to tolerate UDCA treatment (no UDCA for ≥ 3 months) prior to screening (per country standard-of-care dosing)
- Must have PBC Worst Itch Numeric rating scale (NRS) collected prior to randomization
- Females participating in this study must be of non-child bearing potential or must be using highly efficient contraception for the full duration of the study and for 1 month after the last drug intake
- Exclusion Criteria:
- History or presence of other concomitant liver disease
- Clinically significant hepatic decompensation, including patients with complications of cirrhosis/portal hypertension
- Medical conditions that may cause non-hepatic increases in ALP (e.g., Paget's disease) or which may diminish life expectancy to \< 2 years, including known cancers
- Patient has a positive test for HIV Type 1 or 2 at screening, or patient is known to have tested positive for HIV
- Evidence of any other unstable or untreated clinically significant disease
- History of alcohol abuse
- For female patients: known pregnancy or lactating
- Use of fibrates and glitazones within 2 months prior to screening
- Use of Obeticholic acid (OCA), azathioprine, cyclosporine, methotrexate, mycophenolate, pentoxifylline, budesonide and other systemic corticosteroids (parenteral and oral chronic administration only); potentially hepatotoxic drugs
- (including α-methyl-dopa, sodium valproic acid isoniazid, or nitrofurantoin) within 3 months prior to screening
- Use of antibodies or immunotherapy directed against interleukins (ILs) or other cytokines or chemokines within 12 months prior to screening
- For patients with previous exposure to OCA, OCA should be discontinued 3 months prior to screening
- Patients who are currently participating in, plan to participate in, or have participated in an investigational drug study or medical device study containing active substance within 30 days or five half-lives, whichever is longer, prior to screening; for patients with previous exposure to seladelpar, seladelpar should be discontinued 3 months prior to screening
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and/or Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) values \> 5 x ULN
- For patients with AT or TB\>ULN at SV1, variability of AT or TB \> 40% (see section 3.5.1)
- Albumin\<3.0 g/dl
- Severely advanced patients according to Rotterdam criteria (TB \> ULN and albumin \<LLN)
- INR \> 1.3 due to altered hepatic function
- CPK \> 2 x ULN
- Screening serum creatinine \> 1.5 mg/dl
- Significant renal disease, including nephritic syndrome, chronic kidney disease (defined as patients with markers of kidney failure damage or eGFR \< 60 mL/min/1.73 m\^2) calculated by Modification of diet in renal disease (MDRD)
- Platelet count \< 150 x 10\^3/μL
- AFP \> 20 ng/mL with 4-phase liver CT or MRI imaging suggesting presence of liver cancer
- Known hypersensitivity to the investigational product or to any of the formulation excipients of the elafibranor or placebo tablet Mental instability or incompetence, such that the validity of informed consent or ability to be compliant with the study is uncertain
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 24 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2028
Estimated Enrollment :
161 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04526665
Start Date
September 24 2020
End Date
December 1 2028
Last Update
December 3 2025
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The Institute for Liver Health
Chandler, Arizona, United States, 85224
2
Keck Medical Center of USC
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
3
Ruane Clinical Research Group Inc.
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90036
4
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90048