Informazioni generali
  • Categoria della malattia Malattie dell'apparato digerente (non cancro) (BASEC)
  • Fase dello studio Phase 3 (ICTRP)
  • Stato di reclutamento reclutamento temporaneamente sospeso (BASEC/ICTRP)
  • Luogo dello studio
    Basilea, Lugano
    (BASEC)
  • Responsabile dello studio Dr. Susana Gomes Rodrigues susana.gomesrodrigues@insel.ch (BASEC)
  • Fonte dati BASEC: Importato da 06.07.2025 ICTRP: Importato da 08.05.2026
  • Ultimo aggiornamento 08.05.2026 02:00
HumRes54592 | SNCTP000004289 | BASEC2020-02677 | NCT04526665

A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study and an open-label long-term extension to assess the efficacy and safety of Elafibranor 80 mg in patients with primary biliary cholangitis and insufficient response or intolerance to ursodeoxycholic acid

  • Categoria della malattia Malattie dell'apparato digerente (non cancro) (BASEC)
  • Fase dello studio Phase 3 (ICTRP)
  • Stato di reclutamento reclutamento temporaneamente sospeso (BASEC/ICTRP)
  • Luogo dello studio
    Basilea, Lugano
    (BASEC)
  • Responsabile dello studio Dr. Susana Gomes Rodrigues susana.gomesrodrigues@insel.ch (BASEC)
  • Fonte dati BASEC: Importato da 06.07.2025 ICTRP: Importato da 08.05.2026
  • Ultimo aggiornamento 08.05.2026 02:00

Descrizione riassuntiva dello studio

We are conducting this drug study in patients suffering from primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) who have insufficient response or intolerance to ursodeoxycholic acid (UCDA), to learn more about the efficacy and safety of daily administered Elafibranor 80 mg. The main objective is to investigate the effect of daily oral administration of 80 mg of Elafibranor on cholestasis (impairment of bile formation and/or accumulation) over a treatment period of 1 to 2 years compared to placebo. The maintenance of the effect, safety, and tolerability of the drug will be further studied for up to 5 years. This study is a phase III study and includes approximately 150 patients from about 120 centers worldwide. The study consists of three parts and will last approximately 6 years, including a long-term extension period (4-5 years) to learn more about the maintenance of the effect of 80 mg of Elafibranor/day as well as the safety and tolerability parameters. You will be randomly assigned to different treatment groups, with a 2/3 chance of receiving Elafibranor and a 1/3 chance of receiving a placebo, i.e., a tablet that looks and is administered like the study drug, but without active ingredient or therapeutic effect. It is used as a control against Elafibranor to confirm its treatment effect. Elafibranor is an investigational drug and has not yet been approved by Swissmedic for the treatment of PBC.

(BASEC)

Intervento studiato

IPSEN, the sponsor of this research, is conducting this study to learn more about the efficacy and safety of Elafibranor 80 mg. The effect as well as the safety and tolerability of Elafibranor 80 mg will be compared over a period of 1 to 2 years with a placebo. The maintenance of the effect as well as the safety and tolerability of Elafibranor 80 mg will be further studied over a period of up to 5 years. The placebo tablet looks identical to the study treatment (same shape, same appearance, etc.), but contains no active ingredient. The placebo must be used to allow researchers to obtain correct results from the study. A computer will randomly assign you to different treatment groups in the study. The probability of receiving Elafibranor at a dose of 80 mg is 2/3 and the probability of receiving the placebo is 1/3. This procedure is called randomization. This occurs randomly because no one knows whether one study group is better or worse than another.

(BASEC)

Malattie studiate

Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)

(BASEC)

Criteri di partecipazione
Patients must meet, among others, the following inclusion criteria to be eligible for enrollment in the study: 1) They must have submitted a written informed consent and agree to comply with the study protocol. 2) Men or women aged 18 to 75 years inclusive at the first screening visit may be enrolled. 3) Definitive or probable PBC diagnosis, evidenced by the presence of 2 or more of the following 3 diagnostic criteria: a. Elevated ALP* level for at least 6 or more months prior to randomization (1st study visit). b. Evidence of certain concentrations of autoantibodies (AMA, ANA*) in the blood, indicating autoimmune-related diseases such as PBC, but also other diseases associated with cell destruction. Autoimmune diseases are conditions where the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's own cells. c. Liver biopsy evidence of PBC. *ALP = alkaline phosphatase, measured in standard blood tests and can indicate underlying liver and skeletal diseases. ANA = antinuclear antibodies, present in certain diseases associated with cell destruction. AMA = antimitochondrial antibodies, are autoantibodies detectable in a patient's serum against mitochondria ("powerhouses of the cells" that convert various nutrients into adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ATP is the fuel in the human body. (BASEC)

Criteri di esclusione
Patients with, among others, any of the following exclusion criteria cannot be enrolled in the study: 1) Pre-existing or currently existing other concomitant liver disease, such as hepatitis A, B, or C or autoimmune hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Gilbert's syndrome, etc. 2) Clinically significant liver decompensation (from Latin decompensatio = 'imbalance', 'derangement'), such as liver-transplanted patients, liver dysfunction, patients with complications from liver cirrhosis/portal hypertension, hepatorenal syndrome (decreased kidney function in patients with liver disease). 3) Conditions that may lead to a non-liver-related increase in ALP* (e.g., Paget's disease, a skeletal system disorder) or conditions that may reduce life expectancy to less than 2 years, including known cancers. *ALP = alkaline phosphatase, measured in standard blood tests and can indicate underlying liver and skeletal diseases. (BASEC)

Luogo dello studio

Basilea, Lugano

(BASEC)

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey (T�rkiye), United Kingdom, United States (ICTRP)

Sponsor

non disponibile

Contatto per ulteriori informazioni sullo studio

Persona di contatto in Svizzera

Dr. Susana Gomes Rodrigues

+41 31 632 59 54

susana.gomesrodrigues@insel.ch

(BASEC)

Informazioni generali

Ipsen

(ICTRP)

Informazioni scientifiche

Ipsen

(ICTRP)

Nome del comitato etico approvante (per studi multicentrici solo il comitato principale)

Commissione d'etica Berna

(BASEC)

Data di approvazione del comitato etico

04.03.2021

(BASEC)


ID di studio ICTRP
NCT04526665 (ICTRP)

Titolo ufficiale (approvato dal comitato etico)
non disponibile

Titolo accademico
A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study and Open-label Long Term Extension to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Elafibranor 80 mg in Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis With Inadequate Response or Intolerance to Ursodeoxycholic Acid (ICTRP)

Titolo pubblico
Study of Elafibranor in Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) (ICTRP)

Malattie studiate
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (ICTRP)

Intervento studiato
Drug: Elafibranor 80mgDrug: Placebo (ICTRP)

Tipo di studio
Interventional (ICTRP)

Disegno dello studio
Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor). (ICTRP)

Criteri di inclusione/esclusione
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 a-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

- 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/L

- 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 (ICTRP)

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Endpoint primari e secondari
Percentage of Participants With Response to Treatment Based on Cholestasis Response at Week 52 (ICTRP)

Key Secondary Endpoint: Percentage of Participants With Response to Treatment Based on ALP Normalization at Week 52;Key Secondary Endpoint: Change From Baseline in Pruritus Based on PBC Worst Itch Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) Score in Participants With Baseline PBC Worst Itch NRS Score =4 to Week 52;Key Secondary Endpoint: Change From Baseline in Pruritus Based on PBC Worst Itch NRS Score in Participants With Baseline PBC Worst Itch NRS Score =4 to Week 24;Change From Baseline in ALP at Weeks 4, 13, 26, 39 and 52;Percentage of Participants With ALP Response From Baseline at Week 52;Percentage of Participants With Response to Treatment According to ALP < 1.5x ULN, ALP Decrease From Baseline >= 40% and TB == Lower Limit of Normal [LLN]) (Rotterdam) at Week 52;Percentage of Participants With Response to Treatment According to TB =0.6 x ULN at Week 52;Percentage of Participants With Response to Treatment According to ALP =1.67 x ULN and TB =1 mg/dL (Momah/ Lindor) at Week 52;Percentage of Participants With Response to Treatment According to no Worsening of TB at Week 52;Percentage of Participants With Response to Treatment According to Complete Biochemical Response at Week 52;PBC 5-, 10- and 15-year Risk Scores Based on United Kingdom (UK)-PBC Score at Week 52;Global PBC Study Group (GLOBE) Score at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Hepatobiliary Injury and Liver Function as Assessed by AST, ALT, Gamma-glutamyl Transferase (GGT), 5 Prime Nucleotidase (5'-NT), and Fractionated ALP (Hepatic) (H1 and H2) at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Hepatobiliary Injury and Liver Function as Measured by Total and Conjugated Bilirubin at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Hepatobiliary Injury and Liver Function as Measured by Albumin at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Hepatobiliary Injury and Liver Function as Measured by INR at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Biomarkers of Inflammation as Measured by High-sensitivity C-reactive Protein (hsCRP) at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Biomarkers of Inflammation as Measured by Fibrinogen and Haptoglobin at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Biomarkers of Inflammation as Measured by Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Immune Response as Measured by Immunoglobulin (Ig)G and IgM at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Biomarkers and Non-invasive Measures of Hepatic Fibrosis as Measured by Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) and Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Biomarkers and Non-invasive Measures of Hepatic Fibrosis as Measured by Cytokeratin-18 (CK-18) at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Biomarkers and Non-invasive Measures of Hepatic Fibrosis as Measured by Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF-beta) at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Liver Stiffness Measured by Transient Elastography (TE) at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Lipid Parameters at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG) at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Bile Acids and Biomarkers of Bile Acid Synthesis at Week 52;Change From Baseline at Week 52 in Bile Acids and Biomarkers of Bile Acid Synthesis as Measured by 7 Alpha-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one (C4) at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Bile Acids and Biomarkers of Bile Acid Synthesis as Measured Fibroblast Growth Factor 19 at Week 52;Percentage of Participants With Response in PBC Worst Itch NRS Score at Weeks 24 and 52;Percentage of Participants With no Worsening of Pruritus as Measured by the PBC Worst Itch NRS Score at Weeks 24 and 52;Change From Baseline in 5-D Itch at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Fatigue Short Form 7a at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) at Week 52;Change From Baseline in PBC-40 at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Health Utility as Measured by the European Quality of Life 5 Dimensions 5 Level Version (EQ-5D-5L) at Week 52;Change From Baseline in T-Scores for Bone Mineral Density Assessed by Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) Scanning at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Serum Markers of Bone Turnover Carboxy Terminal Crosslinked Telopeptides of Type 1 Collagen [CTX] at Week 52;Change From Baseline in Serum Markers of Bone Turnover Type 1 Procollagen Peptide [P1NP]) at Week 52;Percentage of Participants With Onset of Clinical Outcomes;Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs), Treatment-emergent Serious Adverse Events (TESAEs) and Adverse Events of Special Interest (AESIs);Plasma Concentrations of Elafibranor and GFT1007 (ICTRP)

Data di registrazione
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Inclusione del primo partecipante
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Sponsor secondari
non disponibile

Contatti aggiuntivi
Ipsen Medical Director, Ipsen (ICTRP)

ID secondari
2019-004941-34, GFT505B-319-1 (ICTRP)

Risultati-Dati individuali dei partecipanti
non disponibile

Ulteriori informazioni sullo studio
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04526665 (ICTRP)

Risultati dello studio

Riepilogo dei risultati

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Link ai risultati nel registro primario

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