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Fenofibrate Combined With Ursodeoxycholic Acid in Subjects With Primary Biliary Cholangitis

RecruitingPhase 3Ages 18 Years - 75 YearsAllXijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Current treatment guidelines recommend ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) as the first-line treatment for new-diagnosed primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) patients. However, up to 40% patients are insensitive to UDCA monotherapy, and evaluation of UDCA response at 12 months may result in long period of ineffective treatment. We aimed to develop a new criterion to reliably identify non-response patients much earlier. Recently, our team designed and validated a new early criterion for distinguishing high-risk PBC patients in a Chinese population for the first time. Our data indicated that PBC patients with ALP ≤ 2.5 × ULN, AST ≤ 2 × ULN, and TBIL ≤ 1 × ULN (Xi'an criterion) after 1 month UDCA treatment were likely to have better prognosis. It can be readily applied in the rapid identification of PBC patients who require additional therapeutic approaches. However, whether it is reasonable to apply

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Must have provided written informed consent; * Age 18-75 years; * BMI 17-28 kg/m2 * Male or female with a diagnosis of PBC, by at least two of the following criteria: * History of AP above ULN for at least six months; * Positive AMA titers (\>1/40 on immunofluorescence or M2 positive by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) or positive PBC-specific antinuclear antibodies; * Documented liver biopsy result consistent with PBC. * Incomplete response to UDCA defined by Xi'an criteria (ALP \>2.5× ULN, AST\>2×ULN or TBIL\>1×ULN) after UDCA treatment for 4-6 weeks with at least one abnormal test in ALP or TBIL. Exclusion Criteria: * History or presence of other concomitant liver diseases. * ALT/AST \> 5×ULN, TBIL \> 3×ULN. * If female: known pregnancy, or has a positive urine pregnancy test (confirmed by a positive serum pregnancy test), or lactating. * Allergic to fenofibrate or ursodeoxycholic acid. * Taking hepatotoxic drugs (e.g., dapsone, erythromycin, fluconazole, ketoconazole, rifampicin) for more than 2 weeks within 6 months, and long-term hormonal users. * Recurrent variceal bleeding, poorly controlled hepatic encephalopathy or refractory ascites. * Patients with a history of severe cardiac, cerebrovascular, renal, respiratory disease or functional failure, and psychiatric disorders (including those due to alcohol and drug abuse). * Creatinine \>1.5×ULN and creatinine clearance \<60 ml/min. * Currently using statins (such as pravastatin, fluvastatin, and simvastatin), other fibrates (such as gemfibrozil and bezafibrate), and drugs structurally similar to fenofibrate (like ketoprofen). * Planned to receive an organ transplant or an organ transplant recipient. * Needing Liver transplantation within 1 year according to the Mayo Rick score. * Any other condition(s) that would compromise the safety of the subject or compromise the quality of the clinical study, as judged by the Investigator.
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What it tests

  • Placebo Combined With Ursodeoxycholic Acid
  • Fenofibrate Combined With Ursodeoxycholic Acid
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Where

7 sites
The second hospital of Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital
Guangzhou, China
Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital
Nanjing, China
The First Hospital of China Medical University
Shenyang, China
Ying han
Xi'an, China
Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital,
Chengdu, China
Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
Tianjin, China
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