Norursodeoxycholic Acid vs. Placebo in NASH

NCT ID: NCT05083390

Last Updated: 2024-02-20

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

363 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-07-08

Study Completion Date

2025-04-30

Brief Summary

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This is a double-blind, randomised, multi-centre, placebo-controlled, comparative, phase IIb trial. The trial will be conducted with three treatment groups in the form of a parallel group comparison and will serve to compare oral treatment with either 1500 mg/d or 1000 mg/d norUDCA tablets vs. placebo tablets for the treatment of NASH.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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norUrsodeoxycholic acid 1500 mg/day

3 film-coated tablets once daily for 72 weeks containing in total norUrsodeoxycholic acid 1500 mg

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

norUrsodeoxycholic acid

Intervention Type DRUG

500 mg norUrsodeoxycholic acid or placebo film-coated tablets; 3 tablets/day

norUrsodeoxycholic acid 1000 mg/day

3 film-coated tablets once daily for 72 weeks containing in total norUrsodeoxycholic acid 1000 mg

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

norUrsodeoxycholic acid

Intervention Type DRUG

500 mg norUrsodeoxycholic acid or placebo film-coated tablets; 3 tablets/day

Placebo to norUrsodeoxycholic acid

3 film-coated tablets once daily for 72 weeks containing placebo to norUrsodeoxycholic acid

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

norUrsodeoxycholic acid

Intervention Type DRUG

500 mg norUrsodeoxycholic acid or placebo film-coated tablets; 3 tablets/day

Interventions

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norUrsodeoxycholic acid

500 mg norUrsodeoxycholic acid or placebo film-coated tablets; 3 tablets/day

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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norucholic acid norUDCA NCA

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Must be willing to participate in the study and provide written informed consent
* Male or female patients ≥ 18 and \< 75 years
* Centrally assessed histological evidence of NASH and liver fibrosis
* Women of childbearing potential agree to use a highly effective method of birth control during the entire duration of the trial and for 4 weeks following the last dose of trial treatment

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients taking prohibited medications
* Presence of liver cirrhosis
* Type 1 diabetes or uncontrolled Type 2 diabetes
* History or presence of any other significant concomitant liver diseases
* History of liver transplantation
* BMI \>45 kg/m\^2
* Any known relevant infectious disease (e.g., active tuberculosis, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome \[AIDS\]-defining diseases)
* Abnormal renal function (glomerular filtration rate estimated from cystatin C \< 30 ml/min) at screening visit
* Any active malignant disease (except for basal cell carcinoma)
* Existing or intended pregnancy or breast-feeding
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

74 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Dr. Falk Pharma GmbH

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Michael Trauner, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Medical University of Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine III

Locations

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Medical University of Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine III

Vienna, , Austria

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Austria

Central Contacts

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Michael Stiess, PhD

Role: CONTACT

++49-761-1514 ext. 0

Facility Contacts

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Michael Trauner, MD

Role: primary

0043 (0)1 40400 ext. 47440

Other Identifiers

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NUT-3/NAS

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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