Long-Term Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy in Participants with Primary Biliary Cholangitis of Saroglitazar Magnesium-V on Clinical Outcomes (EPICS-V)
A Phase 3b/4, Multicenter, Parallel Group, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled, Two Arm, Long Term Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Saroglitazar Magnesium on Clinical Outcomes in Participants with Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC)
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
386
Saroglitazar magnesium 1 mg once daily, orally each morning before breakfast
Matching Placebo once daily, orally each morning before breakfast
To evaluate the effect of saroglitazar magnesium compared to placebo, based on time to the first occurrence of the defined clinical outcome events in participants with PBC.
Time from randomization to the first occurrence of any of the following clinical outcome events: * Liver decompensation * Change in the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease-Na score to ≥15, measured on 2 consecutive occasions, performed at least 2 weeks apart, without the presence of any competing etiologies. * Liver transplant. * Death (liver- and nonliver-related). * Progression to clinically significant portal hypertension, including the variceal related outcomes * Progression to Child-Pugh-Turcotte C, defined as Child-Pugh-Turcotte score ≥10, measured at 2 consecutive time points at least 4 weeks apart with no competing etiologies
Time frame: baseline to 48 months
The incidence of achieving normalization of ALP, defined as ALP ≤ULN
Time frame: baseline to 12 months
The incidence of achieving normalization of ALP, defined as ALP ≤ULN.
Time frame: baseline to 48 months
To evaluate the effect of saroglitazar magnesium compared to placebo, based on event-free survival in participants with PBC
Time from randomization to the first occurrence of any of the following clinical outcome events: * Liver decompensation, as defined in the primary endpoint. * Liver transplant * Death (liver- and non liver-related).
Time frame: baseline to 48 months
The percentage of participants with stabilization in Total Bilirubin (TB) (ie, no increase), defined as TB ≤1 × ULN or increase from baseline ≤0.1 × ULN
Time frame: baseline to 48 months
Change from baseline in 'Fatigue Domain Score' of Primary Biliary Cholangitis-40 Quality of Life Questionnaire (PBC-40)
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PBC-40 Fatigue Domain Score consists of 11 question items that measure experience of fatigue over the past week from scale 1 (never) to 5 (always). The PBC-40 Fatigue Domain score ranged from 11 (best) to 55 (worst) (units on a scale). Higher scores indicated worse outcomes. Baseline was defined as the last non-missing value on or before the first dose of the randomized study medication.
Time frame: baseline to 12 months