The purpose of this study is to determine if the investigational treatment volixibat (SHP626) is safe, tolerable and effective in adults with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
197
Number of Subjects Achieving Binary Response on Liver Histology Between Volixibat (SHP626) and Placebo at Week 48
Binary response indicating (yes/no) whether a subject responded at week 48 with a reduction of at least 2 points, without worsening of fibrosis, from baseline nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) activity score (NAS). The NAS grades NAFLD on liver biopsy based on the individual scoring of steatosis, inflammation and ballooning. The NAS is assessed on a scale of 0 to 8 with higher scores indicating more severe disease and lower scores indicating less severe disease. NAS is obtained by adding steatosis(assessed on a scale of 0 to 3), inflammation (assessed on a scale of 0 to 3) and ballooning (assessed on a scale of 0 to 2).
Time frame: Baseline, Week 48
Change From Baseline to Week 48 on Liver Histology
Change in liver histology will be measured by the individual NAS components (ballooning, inflammation, steatosis). The NAS grades NAFLD on liver biopsy based on the individual scoring of steatosis, inflammation and ballooning. The NAS is assessed on a scale of 0 to 8 with higher scores indicating more severe disease and lower scores indicating less severe disease. NAS is obtained by adding steatosis (assessed on a scale of 0 to 3), inflammation (assessed on a scale of 0 to 3) and ballooning (assessed on a scale of 0 to 2).
Time frame: Baseline, Week 48
Change From Baseline to Week 48 on Hepatic Steatosis
Change in hepatic steatosis will be evaluated by measuring the reduction of liver fat with magnetic resonance imaging-proton density fat-fraction (MRI-PDFF) and stratified by treatment group.
Time frame: Baseline, Week 48
Change From Baseline to Week 48 on Liver Histology
Change in liver histology will be measured by fibrosis stage. Fibrosis stage is assessed on a scale of 0-4 with higher scores indicating more severe disease and lower scores indicating less severe disease (F0 = no fibrosis, F4 = cirrhosis).
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Southern California Research Center
Coronado, California, United States
Fresno Clinical Research Center
Fresno, California, United States
Ceders-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, United States
California Liver Research Institute
Pasadena, California, United States
Inland Empire Liver Foundation
Rialto, California, United States
South Denver Gastroenterology, PC
Englewood, Colorado, United States
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
George Washington (GW) Medical Faculty Associates
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
Schiff Center for Liver Diseases
Miami, Florida, United States
South Florida Center of Gastroenterology
Wellington, Florida, United States
...and 55 more locations
Time frame: Baseline, Week 48
Number of Participants With Resolution of NASH at Week 48
Resolution of NASH is defined as total absence of ballooning \[score = 0\], absent or mild inflammation \[score 0-1\], steatosis can be present \[score 0-3\]) without worsening of fibrosis as assessed by liver histology at Week 48.
Time frame: Week 48
Change From Baseline to Week 48 on Serum Liver-related Biochemistry
Serum liver-related biochemistry will be analysed by measuring alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT).
Time frame: Baseline, Week 48
Change From Baseline to Week 48 on Serum Liver-related Biochemistry
Serum liver-related biochemistry will be analysed by measuring total bilirubin (TB).
Time frame: Baseline, Week 48
Change From Baseline to Week 48 on Metabolic Indicators
Metabolic indicators will be assessed by measuring fasting serum glucose levels and insulin levels.
Time frame: Baseline, Week 48
Change From Baseline to Week 48 on Metabolic Indicators
Metabolic indicators will be assessed by measuring hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c).
Time frame: Baseline, Week 48
Change From Baseline to Week 48 on Serum Lipids
Serum lipids level will be measured by calculating fasting total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), and triglycerides.
Time frame: Baseline, Week 48