View clinical trials related to Primary Biliary Cirrhosis.
Filter by:The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of GKT13783 in patients with Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) who are taking a stable dose of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) treatment, and have persistently high levels of a liver enzyme called Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP).
prospective, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate safety, tolerability and efficacy of saroglitazar magnesium 2 mg, 4 mg in Patients with Primary Biliary Cholangitis. A total 36 subjects will be enrolled in a ratio of 1:1:1 to receive either saroglitazar magnesium 2 mg or saroglitazar magnesium 4 mg or placebo.
The primary objectives of the study are to assess the mass balance recovery after a single dose of carbon-14 [14C]-A4250 as a capsule and to provide plasma, urine and faecal samples for metabolite profiling and structural identification in healthy male subjects.
The primary objectives of the study are to evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of A4250 after single or multiple oral doses in healthy subjects. In addition, will evaluate A4250 in combination with cholestyramine.
An 8-week, dose ranging, open label, randomized, Phase 2 study with a 44-week extension, to evaluate the safety and efficacy of MBX-8025 in subjects with Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) and an inadequate response to or intolerance to ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA)
PBC is a rare, autoimmune, cholestatic liver disease with genetic and environmental pathogenetic factors. Data about epidemiology of PBC in Switzerland are completely lacking. Epidemiology can be a powerful tool in yielding important clues as to burden and etiology of diseases. In addition, the investigators study will be the first one carried out in the country on PBC, and therefore will raise disease awareness and create a network.
Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) has been the only treatment for primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) approved by US and European drug administrations. Long-term use of UDCA(13-15 mg/kg/day) in patients with PBC improves serum liver biochemistries and survival free of liver transplantation However, about 40% of patients do not respond to UDCA optimally as assessed by known criteria for biochemical response. Those patients represent the group in need for additional therapies, having increased risk of disease progression and decreased survival free of liver transplantation. Both lab research and some clinical studies suggest that fenofibrate could improve cholestasis in multiple ways including reduce of bile acid synthesis, increase of biliary secretion and anti-inflammation effect. Here we start a random, open and parallel clinical research to explore the effect of fenofibrate in the PBC treatment.
Nalfurafine hydrochloride is a selective kappa-opioid receptor agonist developed in Japan, and in May 2015 the use of nalfurafine hydrochloride was officially approved in Japan for pruritus in patients with chronic liver diseases including PBC. In the current study, the investigators aimed to assess pruritus and overall QOL before and after administration of nalfurafine hydrochloride in patients with PBC. Furthermore, the investigators took serum sample from the enrolled patients and examine the association of pruritus with possible biomarkers.
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic cholestatic liver disorder which may lead to several symptoms such as intractable pruritus or chronic fatigue, significantly impairing patients quality of life. Recent studies show, that chronic liver diseases are associated with an acquired deficiency of S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAMe) synthetase, responsible for the synthesis of SAMe from methionine. SAMe deficiency is associated with impaired detoxification and hepatoprotection and exacerbate liver injury. Supplementation with SAMe has proven useful in several liver diseases. The study group will include 20 patients with PBC diagnosed with European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) criteria, who have been already treated with ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA). They will receive SAMe in the dose of 1600 mg bd over the period of 6 months. Both clinical and laboratory aspects will be analyzed: liver serum biochemistry, serum and urine bile acids metabolites, transient elastography and health related quality of life.
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a progressive autoimmune disease of biliary epithelial cells resulting in biliary cirrhosis. PBC is characterized by a 90% female predominance, high titers of serum anti-mitochondrial autoantibodies (AMA) directed against the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex E2 subunit and evidence from both human and murine models suggests that T-cells, particularly cluster of differentiation (CD) 8+ T cells, are key to the destruction of bile ducts. However, clinical trials of classic immunosuppressive drugs including corticosteroids, azathioprine, methotrexate, and tacrolimus have been largely unsuccessful in altering the disease course. This is a single center, prospective, non-treatment study of the role of immune responses in PBC patients. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its more severe form, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are common, often "silent" liver diseases. NASH resembles alcoholic liver disease, but occurs in people who drink little or no alcohol. The major feature in NASH is fat in the liver, along with inflammation and fibrosis. NASH can be severe and can lead to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Ten to 20 percent of American have NAFLD with NASH affecting 2 to 5 percent of Americans.