NCT04950127CompletedPhase 3
Global Linerixibat Itch Study of Efficacy and Safety in Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) (GLISTEN)
A Two-part, Randomized, Placebo Controlled, Double Blind, Multicenter, Phase 3 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Linerixibat for the Treatment of Cholestatic Pruritus in Participants With Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This is a 2-part study in PBC participants with cholestatic pruritus and will evaluate the efficacy, safety and impact on health-related quality of life of linerixibat compared with placebo.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 238 (actual)
- First submitted
- 25 Jun 2021
- Start date
- 27 Aug 2021
- Primary completion date
- 28 Oct 2024
- Lead sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Diseases
- Primary biliary cholangitis
- NCT number
- NCT04950127
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Participants enrolled: 238
- From 27 Aug 2021 to the primary completion date, 28 Oct 2024
- 5 sites in 2 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Initiation, discontinuation or change in dose of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), bezafibrate or fenofibrate in the 8 weeks prior to Screening.
- Use of obeticholic acid: within 8 weeks prior to Screening. (Participants may not initiate or restart during the study).
- Initiation, discontinuation, or change in dose of any of the following in the 8 weeks prior to Screening: bile acid binding resins, rifampicin, naltrexone, naloxone, nalfurafine, pregabalin, gabapentin, sertraline or other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRIs), antihistamines used for the treatment of itching.
- Administration of any other human ileal bile acid transporter (IBAT) inhibitor in the 12 weeks prior to screening.
- Any planned procedures intended to treat cholestatic pruritus such as nasobiliary drainage or ultraviolet light therapy from Screening and throughout the study.
Other illness
- History or presence of hepatic decompensation (e.g., variceal bleeding, hepatic encephalopathy or ascites).
- Presence of HBsAg positive hepatitis B or hepatitis C (HCV) (anti-HCV and Ribonucleic acid \[RNA\] detected) infection, primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), alcoholic liver disease and/or confirmed hepatocellular carcinoma or biliary cancer.
- Current clinically significant diarrhea or active inflammatory ileal disease according to Investigator´s clinical judgment.
- Current diagnosis of primary skin disorders with itch as a characteristic feature (e.g., atopic dermatitis, psoriasis).
- Primary sleep disorders such as but are not limited to sleep apnea, narcolepsy, hypersomnia.
- History of sensitivity or intolerance to the study treatment.
Lab values
- Total bilirubin \>2.0 times Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) using the average of two Baseline measures.
- Screening Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) \> 6 times ULN in a single Baseline measure or ALT \> 5 times ULN using the average of two Baseline measures.
- Screening estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \<30 milliliter per minute per 1.73 square meter (mL/min/1.73m\^2).
Other
- Current symptomatic cholelithiasis or cholecystitis.
Who the study is looking for
- Male and female participants must be between 18 to 80 years of age inclusive, at the time of signing the informed consent.
- Participants who have documented PBC.
- Participants who have moderate to severe itch.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (5)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Erlangen | Germany | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Münster | Germany | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cambridge | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Durham | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Newcastle upon Tyne | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
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